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throw caution to the wind

to act recklessly

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(idiom) to stop being careful and to do something risky or dangerous without worrying about the consequences

Examples

• After years of playing it safe, she decided to throw caution to the wind and start her own business.

Nearby in Idioms & Sayings

sit tight, steal someone's thunder, the whole nine yards, turn a blind eye, water under the bridge, when pigs fly