out on a limb

Example Sentences

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“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

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

“The Marvels,” which stars Bree Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani and Samuel L. Jackson, isn’t anyone’s idea of going far out on a limb.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

From a shadow close to the trunk of the big tree, something moved out on a limb.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls