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risked life and limb

risked life and limb is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about risked life and limb

What is risked life and limb the simple past and past participle of?
Risked life and limb is the simple past and past participle of risk life and limb.

Words near risked life and limb in the dictionary

  1. riskable
  2. Riske
  3. risked
  4. risked it for the biscuit
  5. risked it to get the biscuit
  6. risked life and limb
  7. risked one's life
  8. risked one's life and limb
  9. risked one's neck
  10. risker
  11. riskers

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