throw caution
Disregard all warnings
Throw caution appears in the idiom throw caution to the wind, meaning to abandon careful deliberation and act boldly or recklessly.
The image is of releasing one's prudence like something carried off by a gust: She threw caution to the wind and quit her job to travel.
Sometimes shortened: He decided to throw caution and invest everything.
- recklessCarelessly ignoring danger
- abandonLeave behind permanently
- riskPossibility of harm
- daredevilReckless risk-taker
- leapSudden springing movement
leap of faith · take the plunge · plunge · fearless · live dangerously · bold · impulsive · wild · gamble · audacious · damn the torpedoes · go for broke · wind · spontaneous · on a whim · brash · heedless · foolhardy
- couragebravery, resilience, fearlessness, boldness, courage
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
- maximum effortall-out, full throttle, go all out, go hard, all in
- risk phrasestake a chance, take a gamble, risk it all, go for broke, roll the dice
- risksrisk, gamble, bet, wager, chance it
throw cautionplay it safe
Avoid unnecessary chances
err on the side of caution · hedge one's bets · cover one's bases · tread carefully · walk on eggshells
throw cautionthink twice
Deliberate before acting
hold back · proceed with caution · deliberate · plan ahead · sleep on it
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