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Adjective: out on a limb
  1. Remote and separate physically or socially
    - apart, isolated, obscure
     
  2. Lacking protection or defence
    - unprotected
     
  3. Being or feeling set or kept apart from others
    - detached, isolated, separated, set-apart

See also: defenceless [Brit, Cdn], defenseless [US], exposed, insecure, naked, open, separate, susceptible, unconnected, unsafe, unshielded, vulnerable

Encyclopedia: Out on a limb

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out of the way
out of thin air
out of this world
out of touch
out of true
out of tune
out of view
out of wedlock
out of whack
out of work
out on a limb
out to
out to lunch
outa
outage
out-and-out
out-and-outer
Outaouais
outargue
outback
outbalance