I was more going for the "make a general guess / bet" kind of meaning, which is how the phrase is used today in England / Australia / New Zealand. https://engl

I was more going for the "make a general guess / bet" kind of meaning, which is how the phrase is used today in England / Australia / New Zealand. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/20742/why-did-this-brit-say-took-a-punt https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/20742/why-did-th... Thanks for the heads up tho, I will retire it from my rhetorical toolkit in favor of something more universally understood.