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单词 swing for the fences
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swing for the fences

idiom(alsoswing for the fence,make a swing for the fences)
inbaseball, totrytohittheballvery hard so that youscoreahomerun(= apointscoredinbaseballwhen youhittheball, usually out of theplayingfield, and areabletorunaround all thebasesat onetimeto thestartingbase):
He’s apatientplayerwho isn’t justmindlesslyswingingfor thefences.
Thishigh-endbatallowsplayerstoswingfor thefencewithconfidence.
Heknowshe has tostrikeabalancebetweenswingingfor thefencesandfindingagapin theoutfield.
to make abigeffortto do something that is veryimpressiveorimportant, but isdifficulttoachieve,especiallyif there is ariskoffailure:
Should weadjustourexpectationstoreality, orswingfor thefences?
Thecompanyintendsto make anambitiousswingfor thefences.
Weseeso feworiginalmoviesand this is asoriginalas it gets; thedirectorswingsfor thefencesandalmostgets all the way.
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