From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishventure on/upon something phrasal verbRISKto do or try something that involves risks I thought I might venture on a new recipe. → venture→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
venture on/upon • Eliza Waters, who was herself venturing upon a cold, would have found it difficult to agree more.• We should be three very gay companions, we could make excursions, the sort one never ventures upon alone.• I ventured on one or two occasions to suggest that he might find some way of dispensing with her services.• Launching your own venture on the side can be tiring, but many people find the autonomy therapeutic.• No president in eighteen years has chosen to invest his energies or our tax-moneys in a moral venture on this scale.• Ask permission before venturing on to any private land. 2 Respect the Country Code.• Once you have become thoroughly familiar with this you can venture on to other things.• Some of these visitors strolled along the promenade; a few penetrated to the beach; none ventured on to the cliffs. 