leap in the dark in English

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          "word": "leap into the unknown"
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          "word": "hyppy tuntemattomaan"
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          "word": "saut dans l’inconnu"
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          "word": "skok w nieznane"
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      "word": "whistle in the dark"
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      "word": "hyppy tuntemattomaan"
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"leap in the dark" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms