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risk one's life and limb

risk one's life and limb is the misconstruction of risk life and limb.

Meaning of risk life and limb

Verb

risk life and limb (third-person singular simple present risks life and limb, present participle risking life and limb, simple past and past participle risked life and limb)

  1. To do something dangerous that will risk someone's existence together with his or her body faculties (used to emphasize and often overstate the danger associated with an action).
    • This eviction should never ever have happened, especially when one of the breadwinners is risking life and limb, defending this same country.2012, Gary Allan Tisor, The Untold Story, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 138

Forms of risk one's life and limb

third-person singular presentrisks one's life and limb
present participlerisking one's life and limb
past participlerisked one's life and limb
pastrisked one's life and limb

Questions about risk one's life and limb

What is risk one's life and limb the misconstruction of?
Risk one's life and limb is the misconstruction of risk life and limb.

Words near risk one's life and limb in the dictionary

  1. risk life and limb
  2. risk management
  3. risk off
  4. risk on
  5. risk one's life
  6. risk one's life and limb
  7. risk one's neck
  8. risk premium
  9. risk premiums
  10. risk production
  11. risk profile

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