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a leap in the dark

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something you do without being certain what will happen as a result: I had very little information about the company, so writing to them was a bit of a leap in the dark.Taking risksGambling and bookmaking
(Definition of a leap in the dark from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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