take a flyer

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, flyer.
  2. To invest against odds. idiomatic
    — The oldest girls are eagerly perusing the financial reports, for a certain young man remarked last Sunday night that he had taken a flyer in Q., X. & Z.
  3. To make a choice with an uncertain outcome; to take a chance. idiomatic
    — Many voters said that while they liked Reform, they remembered having taken a flyer on Bob Rae and the NDP, a gamble they had come to regret.

词形变化

takes a flyer present,singular,third-person taking a flyer participle,present took a flyer past taken a flyer participle,past take a flier alternative
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