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toss caution to the wind

toss 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 toss caution to the wind

third-person singular presenttosses caution to the wind
present participletossing caution to the wind
past participletossed caution to the wind
pasttossed caution to the wind

Questions about toss caution to the wind

What is toss caution to the wind the alternative form of?
Toss caution to the wind is the alternative form of throw caution to the wind.

Words near toss caution to the wind in the dictionary

  1. toss a coin
  2. toss and turn
  3. toss around
  4. toss away
  5. toss bombing
  6. toss caution to the wind
  7. toss down
  8. toss in
  9. toss in with
  10. toss it in
  11. toss job

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toss 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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