make bold

1. Also, make so bold as. Dare, presume, take the liberty of doing something, as in Let me make bold and ask you to back me as a member, or I will not make so bold as to criticize a respected scholar. This expression was frequently used by Shakespeare but is heard less often today. [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

Jones, a veteran wildcatter, has a long history of making bold bets.

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Since then, David Ellison and his team have made bold moves to help Paramount shake more than a decade of doldrums.

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The French president likes to make bold, dramatic plays on the international stage.

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As Carlton Reid demonstrates, for a shocking 19 years, Musk has kept investor cash flowing by making bold predictions of dazzling products on the horizon in the next year or two.

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But having told Variety that his goal was to “revive cinema and make bold choices,” the news about Kool-Aid makes Matt a laughing stock.

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