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risk one's neck

risk one's neck verb: take a big risk.

Verb

risk one's neck (third-person singular simple present risks one's neck, present participle risking one's neck, simple past and past participle risked one's neck)

  1. (figuratively) Take a big risk.
    • That's their job. If I risk my own neck, it's reckless; if they risk my neck, it's criminal.2013, David Spiegelhalter, Michael Blastland, The Norm Chronicles […] , Profile Books, →ISBN, page 167

Synonyms of risk one's neck

Forms of risk one's neck

third-person singular presentrisks one's neck
present participlerisking one's neck
past participlerisked one's neck
pastrisked one's neck

Questions about risk one's neck

What does risk one's neck mean?
Risk one's neck means take a big risk.
What part of speech is risk one's neck?
Risk one's neck is a verb.
What is the past tense of risk one's neck?
The past tense of risk one's neck is risked one's neck.

Words near risk one's neck in the dictionary

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

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