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

“I’m going to go out on a limb here and say based on how much he’s complaining about conditions in the courtroom, he would hate jail.”

From New York Times • May 7, 2024

What McNulty said in August: "I'm going out on a limb a bit here but I have a feeling we will see a very strong Aston Villa this season."

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

Conibear died just a few years later, in 1917, when he climbed too far out on a limb, while reaching for a plum in a tree in his backyard, and plunged headfirst to the ground.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown