take a flier
Example Sentences
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The Bottom Line: Airline stocks are infamously volatile; if you’re going to take a flier, go for the sturdiest.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
That would make the studio less likely to take a flier on anything short of a surefire hit from a major film franchise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
“We go buy what we think will sell, based on what our clients have been asking for, and then, occasionally, we’ll take a flier at things that are a little different.”
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023
Portland will also get to take a flier on the 19-year-old Johnson, an athletic forward who went one-and-done at Tennessee before being selected in the first round last summer.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022
So I concluded that the best thing for me was to take a flier in both.
From Humanly Speaking by Crothers, Samuel McChord
