tempt fate (English, verb)
expansion: tempt fate (third-person singular simple present tempts fate, present participle tempting fate, simple past and past participle tempted fate)
Senses:
glosses: To take a risk.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To take an imagined or superstitiously believed risk of provoking an adverse outcome by mentioning something or making a prediction.
Forms:
form: tempts fate
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tempting fate
tags: participle
present
form: tempted fate
tags: participle
past
form: tempted fate
tags: past