# hazard a guess

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/hazard-a-guess
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To make a guess; to guess.

## Examples

- I can only hazard a guess about the final score.
- Since I have not read the report yet, I can only hazard a guess as to why the project failed.
- While the experts could not confirm the exact origin of the artifact, they were willing to hazard a guess that it belonged to a lost civilization.

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