leave to chance
idiom
: to not prepare or plan for
That's not the kind of thing you want to leave to chance.
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Your story and its distribution are too essential to leave to chance.
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Divya Parekh, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
That’s not really a question companies want to leave to chance.
—Mark Roberts, Forbes, 6 July 2021
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Divya Parekh, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
That’s not really a question companies want to leave to chance.
—Mark Roberts, Forbes, 6 July 2021
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“Leave to chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leave%20to%20chance. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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