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Swing for the fences

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo swing at the ball as hard as possible, with the aim of getting a home run, increasing the chance of missing the ball.
"Don't swing for the fences unless it's an easy ball; be content with running part way."
2.verbTo do something extremely ambitious, especially rashly.
"I'm not going to swing for the fences tomorrow, but I'm hoping my speech will be warmly received."

Synonyms

swing for the fencehit a home runtee offgo yardhit one out of the ballparkhit it out of the parkhit one out of the ball parkbat awayknock it out of the parkknock the ball out of the parkparkbring the lumber
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