run the risk of

idiom

: to be or do something that may result in (something bad or unpleasant happening)

You run the risk of being misunderstood if you don't explain your purpose carefully.

a dangerous policy that runs the risk of failure

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However within three points of them are three other teams that all run the risk of relegation this Sunday if results don’t go their way. —

Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024 Check out best-sellers that run the risk of selling out like the Apple AirPods Pro 2 and the Beckham Hotel Collection Bed Pillows, which are Amazon’s most popular pillows. —

Isabel Garcia, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024 That runs the risk of causing inflation to flare up again. —

Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024 Managers who leave standards overly open to interpretation or don’t set clear priorities for their direct reports run the risk of harming interpersonal relationships and alienating their teams. —

Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for run the risk of

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