throw caution to the winds

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Idioms and Phrases

Also, throw discretion to the winds . Behave or speak very rashly, as in Throwing caution to the winds, he ran after the truck , or I'm afraid she's thrown discretion to the winds and told everyone about the divorce . This expression uses to the winds in the sense of “utterly vanishing” or “out of existence,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s. The first recorded use of throw to the winds was in 1885.

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Others in the Democratic stronghold of the Bay Area, however, decided to to throw caution to the winds and start partying early.

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Johnson urged people not to “throw caution to the winds,” but said it was time to move “away from banning certain courses of action, compelling certain courses of action, in favor of encouraging personal responsibility.”

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“I’m not saying that we should throw caution to the winds, but now is the moment for everybody to get their confidence back,” Johnson told the BBC in an interview broadcast Sunday.

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Boris Johnson told BBC's Sunday Morning programme: "We're certainly not asking people to throw caution to the winds."

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It's certainly not a time to throw caution to the winds.

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throw back throw cold water on

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