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High Wire Act

A slang term for a highly risky venture, project, or investment. See also: Risk lover.
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Last chance to see this fantastic array of acrobats, jugglers and high wire acts. Billed as the greatest entertainment ever assembled beyond the Great Wall of China.
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There's dancing dragons and knife throwing, spectacular high wire acts, slack wire acts, a strong man, unicycles ( even a clown.
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The famed Canadian circus troupe arrives on the big screen in a swirl of flashy colours and choreographedto-within-an-inch-of-their-lives high wire acts, all boosted by terrific 3D effects.
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