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risk one's neck en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (figuratively) Take a big risk.
    • That's their job. If I risk my own neck, it's reckless; if they risk my neck, it's criminal. 2013, David Spiegelhalter, Michael Blastland, The Norm Chronicles […] , Profile Books, →ISBN, page 167:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
risks one's neck Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
risked one's neck Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
risked one's neck Tense=Past lexicographic
risking one's neck Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

stick one's neck out · save one's neck

Synonyms

risk life and limb · risk one's life

Translations (4)

fr risquer sa peau (Translations) · pl kłaść głowę pod topór (Translations) · tr kelleyi koltuğun altına almak (Translations) · tr kellesini koltuğuna almak (Translations)