two-footed leap

to take a risky action with no possibility of undoing the decision if it turns out to be ill-advised, evoking the imagery of making a fully-committed jump across a chasm, hoping to land safely on the other side; used for complex or irreversible bets that an organization must take in order to survive, as in “I know the online-only strategy is new for us but we just need to make a two-footed leap here if we want to salvage the business”; compare to working without a net, which echoes the theme of commitment and focus in the face or risk or uncertainty

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