tempt fate

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tempt fate (third-person singular simple present tempts fate, present participle tempting fate, simple past and past participle tempted fate)

(idiomatic) To take an extreme risk.
Synonyms: court disaster, play Russian roulette

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Translations

Dutch: het lot tarten
Finnish: uhmata kohtaloa
French: tenter le diable (fr)
Greek: προκαλώ τη μοίρα (prokaló ti moíra)
Hungarian: kísérti a sorsot
Polish: kusić los impf, skusić los pf
Russian: искуша́ть судьбу́ impf (iskušátʹ sudʹbú)
Spanish: tentar al diablo (es), tentar a la suerte (es)
Ukrainian: випробо́вувати до́лю impf (vyprobóvuvaty dólju)

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