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Idiom

throw of the dice

Meaning

Synonym of roll of the dice.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Starting this new business is just a throw of the dice.”

“We knew the investment was risky, but we decided to take a throw of the dice anyway.”

“The outcome of the election remained uncertain, appearing to many observers as little more than a desperate throw of the dice by the incumbent party.”

Examples

simple

“Starting this new business is just a throw of the dice.”

contextual

“We knew the investment was risky, but we decided to take a throw of the dice anyway.”

complex

“The outcome of the election remained uncertain, appearing to many observers as little more than a desperate throw of the dice by the incumbent party.”

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