buck the odds (verb) gamble: take a chance on winning
Detalii: a gamble (noun) is a risky act, venture, bet, or wager - to gamble (verb) is to take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; a gambol (noun) a skipping or leaping about in frolic - to gambol (verb) is to dance and skip about in play or to frolic
Sinonime: antipathy,
audacity,
aversion, condescension, contumely,
defiance,
derision, despisal, despisement,
despite, disesteem,
disregard, distaste,
hatred, indignity,
malice,
mockery,
neglect, recalcitrance,
repugnance,
ridicule,
scorn,
slight, snobbery, stubbornness
Antonime: admiration,
affection,
approbation,
approval,
endorsement,
love,
regard,
respect,
sanction