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
Vasanta-Hinduism
Rosalind['rɔzəlind]
Theudobald-Ancient Germanic
Toma (2)TO-mah (Croatian, Serbian)Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Georgian
Carlisle[ka:'lail]
Iosephus-Late Roman