out on a limb
Example Sentences
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“I’m going to go out on a limb and say that we got more laughs than all those films combined.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that neither of those ideas can be considered viable at the moment, but in written testimony earlier this year for a U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2024
Share your thoughts about the match or go out on a limb and give us a prediction.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2024
In addition cowriting, Lopez goes out on a limb and takes the role of what can rightly be called “Me,” a husband-hunter jailed in such metaphorical music-video scenarios as “glass house” and “love factory.”
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024
Hence, even though terrified of political commitments, Bloom had gone out on a limb and it had cost them.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
