chiefly North American
Take a chance.
(http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/take-a-flyer)
"Barbados, full of sugar plantations, was crowded. Some of its English inhabitants, looking to acquire land, decided to take a flyer on Carolina."
- Charles Mann, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
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