"crazy enough to work" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1923, Terrell H. Fields \"A Fifty-Fifty Basis for Getting Illustrations\", The Editor, Volumes 62-63, p. 38",
          "text": "I admit that it is a crazy idea, but it happens to be just crazy enough to work in my case, and it might work for you."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, Loyd Little, Parthian Shot, p. 202",
          "text": "Yes, it's crazy, but it's crazy enough to work."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ed Griffin, Veto: A Novel, p. 131",
          "text": "\"Frightfully wild,\" Kent-Ashley said, \"but crazy enough to work.\""
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        "Acknowledging that an idea, plan, or strategy seems foolish, implausible, or risky, yet might succeed precisely because of its unconventional or unexpected nature."
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          "plan",
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          "strategy",
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        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish#English"
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          "implausible",
          "implausible#English"
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          "risky",
          "risky#English"
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        [
          "succeed",
          "succeed#English"
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          "unconventional",
          "unconventional#English"
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          "unexpected",
          "unexpected#English"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, colloquial) Acknowledging that an idea, plan, or strategy seems foolish, implausible, or risky, yet might succeed precisely because of its unconventional or unexpected nature."
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  "word": "crazy enough to work"
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          "ref": "1923, Terrell H. Fields \"A Fifty-Fifty Basis for Getting Illustrations\", The Editor, Volumes 62-63, p. 38",
          "text": "I admit that it is a crazy idea, but it happens to be just crazy enough to work in my case, and it might work for you."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, Loyd Little, Parthian Shot, p. 202",
          "text": "Yes, it's crazy, but it's crazy enough to work."
        },
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          "ref": "2007, Ed Griffin, Veto: A Novel, p. 131",
          "text": "\"Frightfully wild,\" Kent-Ashley said, \"but crazy enough to work.\""
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        "Acknowledging that an idea, plan, or strategy seems foolish, implausible, or risky, yet might succeed precisely because of its unconventional or unexpected nature."
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          "foolish",
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          "implausible",
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          "risky",
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          "succeed",
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          "unconventional",
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          "unexpected",
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        "(idiomatic, colloquial) Acknowledging that an idea, plan, or strategy seems foolish, implausible, or risky, yet might succeed precisely because of its unconventional or unexpected nature."
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