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
Refilwe	-	Southern African, Tswana
Gerallt	-	Welsh
Yente	-	Yiddish
Margarita	mahr-gah-REE-tah (Spanish, Russian)	Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Layton	['leitn]
Sudarshan	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada