Idiom
swing for the fences
Meaning
To do something extremely ambitious, especially rashly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He decided to swing for the fences with his new business idea.”
“Instead of playing it safe with a small project, she chose to swing for the fences and apply for the most competitive grant.”
“Rather than settling for a modest, incremental improvement, the director chose to swing for the fences, risking the entire budget on a revolutionary new technology.”
Examples
simple
“He decided to swing for the fences with his new business idea.”
contextual
“Instead of playing it safe with a small project, she chose to swing for the fences and apply for the most competitive grant.”
complex
“Rather than settling for a modest, incremental improvement, the director chose to swing for the fences, risking the entire budget on a revolutionary new technology.”
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