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out on a limb1Isolated: Aberdeen is rather out on a limb...- Yet Eriska is so isolated, so thoroughly out on a limb, that getting there still feels like a journey to the edge of time and place.
- So I feel rather out on a limb because I know that I have to help myself through this.
- It left little time for anything else, rather out on a limb you might say.
Synonyms isolated, stranded, segregated, set apart, separate, marooned, cut off; solitary, sequestered, high and dry 2In or into a position where one is not joined or supported by anyone else: I wouldn’t go out on a limb like this if I didn’t have the data to justify it...- I like hearing the candidates from both parties go out on a limb and proclaim their support for America, apple pie and motherhood.
- As the movie came to an end, I was wondering if Payne was going to go out on a limb here and leave his central character in a worse position than at the start of the movie.
- But if a manager ever decides to go out on a limb in pursuit of an unsecured position, then you probably won't hear about it until something goes wrong.
Synonyms in a precarious position, in a weak position, in a risky situation, vulnerable informal sticking one's neck out See parent entry: limb |