make a guess

Frequency: 8.317.0 per million words

To try to answer a question when you are not sure.

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Examples (10)

  • 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?