tempt fate

idiom

: to do something that is very risky or dangerous

Race car drivers tempt fate every time they race.

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But in 2018, the state Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown decided to tempt fate by tearing down the annex and building an expensive new building for itself. —

Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2024 Memo to event planners everywhere: Don’t tempt fate by planning a high-profile gathering in the Loop this week. —

Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023 Since that turned out 100% accurate, why not tempt fate again? —

Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021 Instead of tempt fate with López, Hyde called on reliever Paul Fry, who needed just one pitch for Soto to chop to third. —

Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 24 July 2021 That will require teams to go with a full five-person rotation (or tempt fate and tiring out arms in a series without off-days with a bullpen game). —

Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020 In a nod to the big-picture realities of the pandemic, the bored Millennials tempt fate with their nonchalance toward an unseen danger. —

Elizabeth Horkley, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2020 Faith Pinho: To engage with uncleanliness is to tempt fate. —

The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023 Steven Gerrard, the Rangers manager, will not tempt fate. —

New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021