"throw caution to the wind" meaning in English

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      "form": "throws caution to the wind",
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      "form": "throwing caution to the wind",
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      "form": "threw caution to the wind",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Mariah Carey, The Roof",
          "text": "I couldn't bear to let you go yet\nSo I threw caution to the wind\nAnd started listening to my longing heart\nAnd then you softly pressed your lips to mine\nAnd feelings surfaced I'd suppressed\nFor such a long time.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To do something despite the risks."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To do something despite the risks."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "throw to the wind"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cast caution to the wind"
        },
        {
          "word": "toss caution to the wind"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "vähät välittää vaaroista"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ponerse el mundo por montera"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "liarse la manta a la cabeza"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidkýnuty vsjáku obáčnistʹ",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "відки́нути вся́ку оба́чність"
        }
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  "word": "throw caution to the wind"
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      "form": "throwing caution to the wind",
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        "present"
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      "form": "threw caution to the wind",
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      "form": "thrown caution to the wind",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "throw to the wind"
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        "(idiomatic) To do something despite the risks."
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    {
      "word": "cast caution to the wind"
    },
    {
      "word": "toss caution to the wind"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "vähät välittää vaaroista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ponerse el mundo por montera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "liarse la manta a la cabeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidkýnuty vsjáku obáčnistʹ",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "відки́нути вся́ку оба́чність"
    }
  ],
  "word": "throw caution to the wind"
}