take a flyer

It's the middle of the night; the birds are light and I can take a flyer.

"I don't think he ever took a flyer in his life."

To go someplace fast or against the wind, you needed to take a flyer.

He has left things rather late and a lot of folks who took a flyer on him last time have changed their minds.

But I'm not ready to take a flyer with it yet."

"It's possible he took a flyer, guessing at the fine points to make himself seem important."

I'll take a flyer or try floating myself if I feel adventurous.

One day we took a flyer out to the Black Hills.

And his opinion is that a team in need of a quarterback would be nuts not to take a flyer on Young.

Captain Chambers took a flyer and checked the local banks.

"I'm willing to take a flyer to the tune of ten thousand.

Holly took a flyer from her pocket and smoothed it out.

Take a flyer and see how many questions you can get right on the nose, er, beak.

That's why I took a flyer in Logan's war machine.

Occasionally the company takes a flyer on a more expensive mainstream movie, but only in partnership with a major studio.

It certainly wasn't like the Mets took a flyer on some unknown."

Ray goes to the alleyway, unconsciously taking a flyer from a black man.

I noticed that Mr. Right had also taken a flyer.

If Chuck wanted to take a flyer I'd take him with me.

I took a flyer on that one.

With booming voice he bids a slam He thinks he'll take a flyer.

The sort of craft that knitted the Commonwealth together, and occasionally took a flyer outside settled space.

He was conservative with most of what he had tucked away, but now and again he took a flyer.

Why throw away life tenure in a stimulating job to take a flyer on the Vice Presidency?

It's possible to make an educated wager - consider the topic, figure out the related jargon, then take a flyer.