push one's luck
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[edit]push one's luck (third-person singular simple present pushes one's luck, present participle pushing one's luck, simple past and past participle pushed one's luck)
- (idiomatic) To take an excessive risk or to attempt some task unlikely to succeed, especially after having already been unexpectedly lucky.
- 1967 December 29, “Quick Cure for a Killer”, in Time:
- The jury had little choice but to free the killer. Sane enough at least not to push his luck, Sledge immediately left the state.
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