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Russian roulette

noun
noun
BrE BrE//ˌrʌʃn ruːˈlet//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌrʌʃn ruːˈlet//
[uncountable]
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a dangerous game in which a person shoots at their own head with a gun that contains a bullet in only one of its chambers, so that the person does not know if the gun will fire or not (figurative) The airline was accused of playing Russian roulette with passenger safety.
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