reckless gamble
Frequency: 5.23.8 per million words
A gamble taken without any thought of the danger involved.
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- Calling the merger a reckless gamble, the board voted it down.
- His decision to invest all his savings was a reckless gamble.
- His last-minute investment proved to be a reckless gamble that wiped out their savings.
- The politician took a reckless gamble by making that controversial statement.
- We can't afford to take such a reckless gamble with patient safety.
- Launching the product without proper testing was a reckless gamble that didn't pay off.
- What looked bold at first now seems like a reckless gamble.
- She considered quitting her stable job a reckless gamble for an uncertain future.
- She knew it was a reckless gamble, but she took it anyway.
- The general's strategy was widely criticized as a reckless gamble with his troops' lives.
- The coach’s decision to bench the captain was a reckless gamble that backfired.
- Many saw his entrepreneurial venture as nothing short of a reckless gamble.
- In calmer times, launching without testing would be a reckless gamble.
- It was a reckless gamble to assume they would succeed without any preparation.
- The party's tax plan is a reckless gamble with the economy.
- Despite the warnings, he proceeded with the reckless gamble of opening a new restaurant during the pandemic.
- Had we not intervened, his reckless gamble might have sunk the company.
- The company's rapid expansion into new markets was a reckless gamble that led to its downfall.
- Stop treating public health as a reckless gamble.
- Their last-ditch effort was a reckless gamble to save the failing business.