throw\ discretion\ to\ the\ winds

throw\ discretion\ to\ the\ winds
• throw caution to the winds
• throw discretion to the winds
v. phr.
To be daring; make a bold or risky move.

Hearing that Apaches were planning to start a war, the whites decided to throw caution to the winds and attack the Apaches first.


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