"cast caution to the wind" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: casts caution to the wind [present, singular, third-person], casting caution to the wind [participle, present], cast caution to the wind [participle, past], cast caution to the wind [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,cast>}} cast caution to the wind (third-person singular simple present casts caution to the wind, present participle casting caution to the wind, simple past and past participle cast caution to the wind)
  1. Alternative form of throw caution to the wind. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: throw caution to the wind
    Sense id: en-cast_caution_to_the_wind-en-verb-agR~WBF4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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