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on a limb



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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

I may go out even further on a limb.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2024

“I’m not going out on a limb to say they had Black friends in their homes,” she says.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Sitting on a limb, with his back against the trunk, was that hundred dollar monkey.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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