To swing at the ball as hard as possible, with the aim of getting a home run, increasing the chance of missing the ball.
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Don't swing for the fence unless it's an easy ball, be content with running part way.

Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'swing for the fences':

swing for the fencesTo act in a way that might generate a very good result, but which also has a large chance of failing.
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Schaukel für die Zäune

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