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out on a limb

phrase as in in trouble

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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.”

“Having been a real … wilderness for a long time, and feeling very out on a limb … to be considered part of a movement, at least at first, was exciting,” he recalls.

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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.

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Coaches have had to put themselves out on a limb.

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“I don’t think you can entirely understand it — and I’m going out on a limb here — unless you’ve been born here. That’s a hard stand to take but it’s just that it’s so diverse.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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