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
Better to have politicians and experts who study the pressing issues of the day and go out on a limb rather than shrug their shoulders.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
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
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
