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dice with death

dice with death verb: to do or perform an activity which is very risky, or dangerous, and could even cause one's death.

Verb

dice with death (third-person singular simple present dices with death, present participle dicing with death, simple past and past participle diced with death)

  1. To do or perform an activity which is very risky, or dangerous, and could even cause one's death.
    • By now, I think everyone is aware that to drink and drive is to dice with death.
    • Benjamin Franklin once said: “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” These days, taxes are far from certain. And if that doesn’t change, American businesses could be dicing with death.2012, The Economist, 06 Oct 2012 issue, Business and America’s fiscal cliff: Give us a brake

Forms of dice with death

third-person singular presentdices with death
present participledicing with death
past participlediced with death
pastdiced with death

Questions about dice with death

What does dice with death mean?
Dice with death means to do or perform an activity which is very risky, or dangerous, and could even cause one's death.
What part of speech is dice with death?
Dice with death is a verb.
What is the past tense of dice with death?
The past tense of dice with death is diced with death.

Words near dice with death in the dictionary

  1. dice snake
  2. dice snakes
  3. dice tower
  4. dice towers
  5. dice up
  6. dice with death
  7. Dice's coefficient
  8. Dice's coefficients
  9. dice-box
  10. dice-boxes
  11. Dice-K

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