on a limb

Idioms and Phrases

see out on a limb .

Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m going to go out on a limb here and say based on how much he’s complaining about conditions in the courtroom, he would hate jail.”

From New York Times

Related Words

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• risky
• treacherous
• uncertain
• unreliable
• unsound
• unstable
• untrustworthy