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A shot in the dark: meaning and use in English

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A shot in the dark is a guess with little evidence or information behind it. Use the idiom for an uncertain attempt, not for a fact that has been checked.

Choosing Tuesday was a shot in the dark because nobody had seen the schedule.
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