"take a shot in the dark" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-take a shot in the dark.ogg Forms: takes a shot in the dark [present, singular, third-person], taking a shot in the dark [participle, present], took a shot in the dark [past], taken a shot in the dark [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a shot in the dark|head=take a shot in the dark}} take a shot in the dark (third-person singular simple present takes a shot in the dark, present participle taking a shot in the dark, simple past took a shot in the dark, past participle taken a shot in the dark)
  1. (idiomatic) To try or guess at something without having any knowledge about the subject. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-take_a_shot_in_the_dark-en-verb-VcK--mi3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
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      "form": "taking a shot in the dark",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "took a shot in the dark",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a shot in the dark",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I didn't study for the test and took a shot in the dark.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To try or guess at something without having any knowledge about the subject."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To try or guess at something without having any knowledge about the subject."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking a shot in the dark",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took a shot in the dark",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken a shot in the dark",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "English lemmas",
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        }
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        "To try or guess at something without having any knowledge about the subject."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To try or guess at something without having any knowledge about the subject."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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