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View synonyms for on a limb

on a limb



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Idioms and Phrases

see out on a limb .
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Example Sentences

“I do not feel at all like I’m going out on a limb in saying that,” he concluded.

I may go out even further on a limb.

From Slate

But while the players were invested, the sell to a wider audience was tougher, and amid reports of a shortfall of £3.2m in today's money, John says “we went out on a limb and took care of it”.

From BBC

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.

And then going outside of the bounds of that safety, I basically had a nervous breakdown in high school because I felt like I was defying so much within myself, that safety that I desired, by going out on a limb and and pursuing acting, pursuing a creative art.

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