out on a limb

Example Sentences

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I’ll go out on a limb and say whatever those young Saudis at the WWE were thinking, it wasn’t about joining ISIS.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 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’m not going out on a limb to say they had Black friends in their homes,” she says.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 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

At the crack of the gun, he ran far out on a limb and jumped.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls