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at one's peril

at one's peril is the alternative form of at one's own peril.

Meaning of at one's own peril

Prepositional phrase

  1. Knowingly accepting the risks associated with one's action.

Questions about at one's peril

What is at one's peril the alternative form of?
At one's peril is the alternative form of at one's own peril.

Words near at one's peril in the dictionary

  1. at one's fingers' ends
  2. at one's fingertips
  3. at one's leisure
  4. at one's own peril
  5. at one's own risk
  6. at one's peril
  7. at one's risk
  8. at outs
  9. at pace
  10. at pains
  11. at peace

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at one's peril (page history and authors); at one's own peril (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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