VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Go Out on a Limb

Meaning:

Assert something that may not be true; put oneself in a vulnerable position

Examples:

  • I'm gonna go out on a limb, and say it was empty.
  • I don't know, one of us needed to go out on a limb.
  • I'm gonna go out on a limb and say yes.
  • I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you enjoy the marijuana.
  • Well, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that's not a coincidence.
  • I'm going to go out on a limb and say we book him.
  • Well, don't go out on a limb.
  • Now, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and presume that there's someone behind the man with the badge.
  • I don't want to go out on a limb, but I think we may be looking at my new Tuesday hamburger.
  • I don't want to go out on a limb, but I think we may be looking at my new Tuesday hamburger.