be so bold as to do
be so bold as to (do something)
To do something that is (or could be seen as) surprising, daring, and perhaps inappropriate. That girl just got here but was so bold as to push her way to the front of the line! I can't be so bold as to ask my boss for a raise.
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be so bold as to do something
and make so bold as to do somethingto dare to do something. Would you care to dance, if I may make so bold as to ask? She was so bold to confront her rival.
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