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living dangerously

living dangerously is the present participle and gerund of live dangerously.

Meaning of live dangerously

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

Questions about living dangerously

What is living dangerously the present participle and gerund of?
Living dangerously is the present participle and gerund of live dangerously.

Words near living dangerously in the dictionary

  1. living chamber
  2. living chambers
  3. living conditions
  4. living constitution
  5. living constitutions
  6. living dangerously
  7. living dead
  8. living death
  9. living deaths
  10. living diaper
  11. living diapers

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