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risks life and limb

risks life and limb is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 risks life and limb

What is risks life and limb the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Risks life and limb is the third-person singular simple present indicative of risk life and limb.

Words near risks life and limb in the dictionary

  1. Riskos
  2. riskproof
  3. risks
  4. risks it for the biscuit
  5. risks it to get the biscuit
  6. risks life and limb
  7. risks one's life
  8. risks one's life and limb
  9. risks one's neck
  10. risksome
  11. risktaker

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