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live dangerously

live dangerously verb: to constantly take risks; to be daring.

Verb

live dangerously (third-person singular simple present lives dangerously, present participle living dangerously, simple past and past participle lived dangerously)

  1. To constantly take risks; to be daring.
    • City lived dangerously in the closing minutes and, when it was all over, Guardiola, so agitated in his technical area, was relatively calm as he sought out opposite number Simone Inzaghi for consoling words.2023 June 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 1 - 0 Inter Milan”, in BBC Sport

Forms of live dangerously

third-person singular presentlives dangerously
present participleliving dangerously
past participlelived dangerously
pastlived dangerously

Questions about live dangerously

What does live dangerously mean?
Live dangerously means to constantly take risks; to be daring.
What part of speech is live dangerously?
Live dangerously is a verb.
What is the past tense of live dangerously?
The past tense of live dangerously is lived dangerously.

Words near live dangerously in the dictionary

  1. live CD
  2. live CDs
  3. live coding
  4. live conductor
  5. live conductors
  6. live dangerously
  7. live dough
  8. live down
  9. live down to
  10. live drop
  11. live drops

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