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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ashwin	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
Panteleimon	-	Late Greek
JiŘÍ	-	Czech
Jadzia	YAH-jah	Polish
Idan	-	Hebrew
Azura	a-ZHUR-ə, AZH-rə	English (Rare)