swing for the fences

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Meaning: (US,baseball,softball)To swing at the ball as hard as possible, with the aim of getting ahome run.Don'tswing for the fencesunless it's an easy ball; be content with running part way.; (US,idiomatic)To do something extremelyambitious, especiallyrashly.I'm not going toswing for the fencestomorrow, but I'm hoping my speech will be warmly received.2022September 27, Mark Landler, quotingKenneth S. Rogoff, “Truss Takes a Bold Economic Gamble. Will It Sink Her Government?”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:“This is a very inexperienced governmentswinging for the fencesin a situation where Labour is the strong favorite in the next election, if they don’t swing too far left,” said Kenneth S. Rogoff, a professor of economics at Harvard.

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