at one's own risk

English

Alternative forms

• at one's risk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ət wʌnz ˈəʊn ɹɪsk/

Prepositional phrase

at one's own risk

1. Taking personal responsibility for any harm that arises from a dangerous activity.

   Synonyms: at one's own peril, on one's own account

   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuchanka:

     CDEM ADVISORY: Visitors to Tuchanka land at their own risk. The CDEM will not attempt to extract citizens threatened by clan warfare.

Translations

taking personal responsibility for any harm that arises from a dangerous activity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後果自負 / 后果自负 (hòuguǒ zìfù)

• Finnish: omalla vastuulla, omalla riskillä
• French: à ses risques et périls (fr)
• German: auf eigene Gefahr (de)
• Hungarian: csak saját felelősségre
• Polish: na własną rękę (pl), na własne ryzyko
• Russian: на свой страх и риск (ru) (na svoj strax i risk)
• Spanish: por su cuenta y riesgo
• Swedish: på eget ansvar, på eget bevåg (sv)

See also

• at the risk of

Further reading

• “at one's own risk”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “at one's own risk”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “at your own risk” (US) / “at your own risk” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “at your own risk” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “at one's own risk”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.