stab in the dark in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stabs in the dark",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "(idiomatic) a guess"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "shot in the dark"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stab in the dark"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stabs in the dark",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "stabs in the dark"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a guess"
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          "guess"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) a guess"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "shot in the dark"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stab in the dark"
}

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"stab in the dark" meaning in English

Noun

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