calculated risknoun [ C ]
uk/ˌ ˈkæl.kjʊ.leɪ.tɪd ˈrɪsk/us/ˌkæl.kjʊ.leɪ.t̬ɪd ˈrɪsk/a risk that you consider worth taking because the result, if it is successful, will be so good:
The director took a calculated risk in giving the film's main role to an unknown actor.
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Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- chance
- chancy
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- gamble
- hazardous
- hazmat
- high-risk
- hostage
- hostage to fortune idiom
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- risk
- treacherous
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