make a guess
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To try to answer a question when you are not sure.
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- If you don't know the answer, make a guess.
- She could make an educated guess as to what was wrong with him.
- At a rough guess, I'd say we're about twenty miles from home.
- He made a wild guess as to how much the piano might cost.
- What's your best guess on what's going to happen?
- If I had to make a guess, I'd say this was painted in the 1890s.
- At a guess, I'd say there's a problem with the fuel pump.
- 'How did you know?' 'It was just a lucky guess.'
- Students were asked to make their best guess based on the evidence.
- Can you make a reasonable guess about the outcome?