take a flyer on something



take a flyer (on something)

tv. to take a chance on something. Fred is too wise an investor to take a flyer on some story stock like that.
See also: flyer, on, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dipa-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil
MaxMAHKS (German), MAKS (English)German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Lizbeth['lizəθ]
Deyan-Bulgarian
Gregory['gregəri]
Cecilija-Slovene, Croatian