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a shot in the dark

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a shot in the dark
an attempt to guess something when you have no information or knowledge about it The whole theory is a shot in the dark - no-one will ever take us seriously.
See also: dark, shot

a shot in the dark
an attempt to do something without knowing much about it When I applied for the scholarship, it was just a shot in the dark – I had no idea how important and competitive it was.
See also: dark, shot


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It's not a shot in the dark, like much of today's contemporary radio.
She is the coauthor of the 1985 book DPT: A Shot in the Dark and editor of The Vaccine Reaction newsletter; she has served on the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (1988-1992), the Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Forum (1995-1998), and the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (1999-2003).
The Oxford Declaration was not a shot in the dark or an isolated incident.
 
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