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on a limb

ADJECTIVE
unsafe
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hazardous perilous risky treacherous uncertain unreliable unsound unstable untrustworthy
STRONG
insecure
WEAK
alarming chancy erratic explosive fearsome hanging by a thread on thin ice precarious shaky slippery threatening ticklish touch and go touchy undependable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
certain honest reliable safe secure stable strong sure true trustworthy
WEAK
harmless protected

Example Sentences

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In any case, I’m going to go out on a limb and say it: Sir Ian has got talent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

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

I may go out even further on a limb.

From Slate • Sep. 12, 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

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

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck