tempt fate
To take a risk.
Don't tempt fate by driving without a seatbelt.
tempt
UK /tɛmpt/ US /tɛmpt/
verb 3
Definitions
verb
1
To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
She tempted me to eat the apple.
By Heav’ns, ſuch Virtues, join’d with ſuch Succeſs, Diſtract my very Soul: Our Father’s Fortune Wou’d almoſt tempt us to renounce his Precepts.
2
To attract; to allure.
Its glossy skin tempted me.
The next time you are trout fishing and none of your lures tempts the fish, smoke a spoon hook and cast it.
3
To provoke something; to court.
It would be tempting fate.
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