to take a risk or to use the opportunities that you have and hope that things will happen in the way that you want :
He took his chances and jumped into the water.
to take a risk or to use the opportunities that you have and hope that things will happen in the way that you want :
He took his chances and jumped into the water.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005