to take a leap
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5.7
- idiom
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- To start my own business, I knew I had to take a leap and invest all my savings.
- take a leap of faith
You want to take a leap and jump in.
- You want to take a leap and jump in.
- And makes me imagine, and I'm going to take a leap here, but I'll go in this direction.
- Maybe also, be super sure of who you are as a person before you take a leap like that.
- You can take a leap if you want to, but you can also keep yourself from doing that.
- And I decided to take a leap and see what would happen because it's only helped me to help more people.
- But that required them taking a leap of faith on me.
- The man decided to take a leap of faith.
- You're about to leave this place and take a leap into the unknown, and that is the most fun thing to do in life.
- And, you know, it's like, why take a leap because you have a huge lust for life.
- And, and, and so you got to be ready to, to take a leap of faith literally into the infinite and eternal astral and be ready for whatever.
- We have to take a leap into the unknown where we say what if it was such and such like the cosmological polytope.
Examples
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Sometimes, you just need to take a leap of faith.
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However, I decided to take a leap of faith and try this experience not only for myself, but for the enrichment it could possibly provide for my students.
Academic text (2008) -
You want to take a leap and jump in.
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Maybe also, be super sure of who you are as a person before you take a leap like that.
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And I decided to take a leap and see what would happen because it's only helped me to help more people.
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You can take a leap if you want to, but you can also keep yourself from doing that.
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Sometimes we need to take a leap of faith in each other.
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I just felt like taking a leap of faith.
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So take a leap of faith and begin learning from your customers today by asking them these six questions.
Blog text (20) -
All right, so five years ago you inspired me to take a leap of faith and build my own business.
Synonyms
366
1.8
To join an activity or take an opportunity quickly and eagerly
119
3.2
To start doing something yourself after waiting or thinking
98
3.7
To decide what to do in an important situation
91
3.3
To do something risky hoping for a good result
56
3.2
Do things that might be dangerous to get something important
37
6.1
To risk doing or saying something to support an idea
36
3.8
Do something risky hoping to do well
18
5.5
Decide to do something difficult or risky after thinking about it for a long time
7
4.2
To do something risky hoping to get a good result
5
7.3
Try something risky to get a big reward
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4.2
Try a risky action hoping it will work
3
6.2
To go somewhere or do something even when it is risky
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3.0
To do something that might lead to harm or loss
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8.5
To try something risky when the result is not certain
1
7.3
To do something risky without knowing what will happen
1
7.3
To start something quickly without thinking about the risks
Antonyms
How Risky
- Informal
15
5.2
56
3.2
11
5.7
91
3.3
42
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
take + a + leap
The figurative meaning 'make a bold or risky decision' is a metaphorical extension of the literal constituents 'take' + 'leap' (to make a jump), so a learner who knows the words can often infer that it means 'make a big move' but not precisely 'take a risk' without some exposure. This mapping is common cross-linguistically (many languages use 'jump/leap' metaphors for major transitions), so the expression is partially transparent but requires familiarity to be fully understood.
Etymology
Take a leap paints the image of someone taking a big leap from safe ground into the unknown. So, it means 'to take a chance' or 'to make a bold decision'.