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throw caution to the wind
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throw caution to the wind
Cliché to become very careless. Jane, who is usually cautious, threw caution to the wind and went swimming in the ocean. I don't mind taking a little chance now and then, but I'm not the type of person who throws caution to the wind.
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throw caution to the wind(s)
to take a risk You could always throw caution to the wind and have another glass of wine.
See also: caution, throw, wind

throw caution to the wind also throw caution to the winds
to take a risk As a young man he was always ready to throw caution to the wind.
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And when the next set of blizzards descend on North Wales, be it this winter or next, will they heed police warnings to keep off the roads or will they throw caution to the winds and end up stranded in a snowdrift, for fear of losing pay?
 
 
 
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