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swing for the fences

To act in a way that might generate a very good result, but which also has a large chance of failing.
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I'm not going to swing for the fence tomorrow, but I'm hoping my speech will be warmly received.

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Additional definitions for 'swing for the fences':

swing for the fencesTo swing at the ball as hard as possible, with the aim of getting a home run, increasing the chance of missing the ball.
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