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risking life and limb

risking life and limb is the present participle and gerund 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 risking life and limb

What is risking life and limb the present participle and gerund of?
Risking life and limb is the present participle and gerund of risk life and limb.

Words near risking life and limb in the dictionary

  1. riskiness
  2. riskinesses
  3. risking
  4. risking it for the biscuit
  5. risking it to get the biscuit
  6. risking life and limb
  7. risking one's life
  8. risking one's life and limb
  9. risking one's neck
  10. riskings
  11. riskish

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