take a flyer
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take a flyer
verb takes a flyer · taking a flyer · took a flyer · taken a flyer · take a flier
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, flyer.
- To invest against odds. The oldest girls are eagerly perusing the financial reports, for a certain young man remarked last Sunday night that he had taken a flyer in Q., X. & Z.
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To make a choice with an uncertain outcome; to take a chance.
Many voters said that while they liked Reform, they remembered having taken a flyer on Bob Rae and the NDP, a gamble they had come to regret.
Similar: roll the dice, take a gamble, take a risk
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verb to make a risky choice
| Español | dejar lo cierto por lo dudoso |
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| Русский | сде́лать риско́ванный вы́бор sdélatʹ riskóvannyj výbor |
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