audacious
Collocations
5ADJ.
broad
VERB + AUDACIOUS
got, pulled
AUDACIOUS + NOUN
expedition, paris, robbery, thing
PREP.
in, off
ADV.
only
Definitions
adj
Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
It was an audacious thing for her to attempt, but boldness had often served her turn before.
22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
Impudent, insolent.
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6It was an audacious thing for her to attempt, but boldness had often served her turn before.
Wiktionary22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s comm
WiktionaryThe audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a
WiktionaryOnly an audacious mind will be able to solve this riddle.
Tatoeba · #1142322You've got to be audacious!
Tatoeba · #1396039The thieves pulled off an audacious robbery in broad daylight.
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