Idiom
stab in the dark
Meaning
a guess
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I made a stab in the dark to guess the answer.”
“I did not know the correct password, so I made a stab in the dark and typed a random number.”
“Without any data to guide his decision, the manager made a stab in the dark regarding the future of the project.”
Examples
simple
“I made a stab in the dark to guess the answer.”
contextual
“I did not know the correct password, so I made a stab in the dark and typed a random number.”
complex
“Without any data to guide his decision, the manager made a stab in the dark regarding the future of the project.”
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