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cast caution to the wind

cast caution to the wind is the alternative form of throw caution to the wind.

Meaning of throw caution to the wind

Verb

throw caution to the wind (third-person singular simple present throws caution to the wind, present participle throwing caution to the wind, simple past threw caution to the wind, past participle thrown caution to the wind)

  1. (idiomatic) To do something despite the risks.
    • I couldn't bear to let you go yet
      So I threw caution to the wind
      And started listening to my longing heart
      And then you softly pressed your lips to mine
      And feelings surfaced I'd suppressed
      For such a long time.1998, Mariah Carey, The Roof

Forms of cast caution to the wind

third-person singular presentcasts caution to the wind
present participlecasting caution to the wind
past participlecast caution to the wind
pastcast caution to the wind

Questions about cast caution to the wind

What is cast caution to the wind the alternative form of?
Cast caution to the wind is the alternative form of throw caution to the wind.

Words near cast caution to the wind in the dictionary

  1. cast around
  2. cast aside
  3. cast aspersions
  4. cast away
  5. cast back
  6. cast caution to the wind
  7. cast dispersions
  8. cast down
  9. cast fossil
  10. cast fossils
  11. cast in concrete

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cast caution to the wind (page history and authors); throw caution to the wind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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