out on a limb

Example Sentences

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I don’t think I would have been cast in this movie if I didn’t make music, if I didn’t go out on a limb and make an album.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

“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

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

I thought Mr. Cowgill was going way out on a limb.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck