go out on a limb

Strong matches

• attempt
• gamble
• hazard
• jeopardize
• plunge
• speculate
• stake
• try
• venture
• wager
• wildcat

Weak matches

• cast lots
• draw lots
• have a fling at
• play with fire
• put eggs in one basket
• put it on the line
• roll the dice
• run the risk
• skate on thin ice
• stick one's neck out
• take shot in the dark
• tempt fate
• tempt fortune
• toss up

Strongest matches

• deduce
• discern
• foresee
• foretell
• infer
• prophesy
• surmise
• visualize

Strong matches

• anticipate
• apprehend
• conjecture
• forebode
• foreknow
• guess
• intuit
• perceive
• predict
• previse
• prognosticate
• see
• suppose
• suspect
• understand

Weak matches

• crystal-ball
• crystal-ball it
• forefeel
• opine
• see in the cards
• take a shot
• take a stab

Strongest matches

• believe
• calculate
• divine
• fathom
• infer
• predict
• presume
• pretend
• solve
• speculate
• suggest
• suppose
• surmise
• think

Strong matches

• chance
• conjecture
• deduce
• deem
• estimate
• fancy
• guesstimate
• hazard
• hypothesize
• judge
• opine
• penetrate
• pick
• postulate
• predicate
• reason
• reckon
• select
• survey
• suspect
• theorize
• venture

Weak matches

• dare say
• happen upon
• jump to a conclusion
• lump it
• size up
• take a shot at
• take a stab at
• think likely
• work out

Strongest matches

• deem
• expect
• presume
• pretend
• think
• understand

Strong matches

• accept
• admit
• brainstorm
• calculate
• conjecture
• divine
• dream
• estimate
• figure
• grant
• guesstimate
• hypothesize
• imagine
• infer
• judge
• opine
• posit
• predicate
• presuppose
• spark
• speculate
• surmise
• suspect
• take
• theorize

Weak matches

• cook up
• dare say
• hazard a guess
• take for granted

Strongest matches

• dare
• operate

Strong matches

• advance
• assay
• attempt
• bet
• brave
• challenge
• chance
• defy
• endanger
• essay
• experiment
• expose
• feel
• front
• gamble
• grope
• hazard
• imperil
• jeopardize
• presume
• risk
• speculate
• stake
• try
• volunteer
• wager

Weak matches

• dare say
• get down
• have a fling at
• lay open
• make a stab at
• make bold
• play for
• play the market
• put in jeopardy
• put up
• stick one's neck out
• take a crack at
• take a flyer
• take a plunge
• try out