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skate on thin ice

skate on thin ice verb: to be (or to place oneself) in a risky, potentially dangerous or delicate situation.

Verb

skate on thin ice (third-person singular simple present skates on thin ice, present participle skating on thin ice, simple past and past participle skated on thin ice)

  1. (idiomatic) To be (or to place oneself) in a risky, potentially dangerous or delicate situation.
    • If I concur to that I will be skating on thin ice.
    • Black is tossed a Pawn, skates on very thin ice in the opening and just manages to reach shore and win the ending.1961 January, John W. Collins, “Postal Games”, in Chess Review

skate on thin ice meaning in Bengali

skate on thin ice in Bengali

ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ, সম্ভাব্য বিপজ্জনক, সংবেদনশীল পরিস্থিতিতে থাকা

Forms of skate on thin ice

third-person singular presentskates on thin ice
present participleskating on thin ice
past participleskated on thin ice
pastskated on thin ice

Questions about skate on thin ice

What does skate on thin ice mean?
Skate on thin ice means to be (or to place oneself) in a risky, potentially dangerous or delicate situation.
What is skate on thin ice in Bengali?
Skate on thin ice in Bengali is ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ, সম্ভাব্য বিপজ্জনক, সংবেদনশীল পরিস্থিতিতে থাকা. See Skate on thin ice meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is skate on thin ice?
Skate on thin ice is a verb.
What is the past tense of skate on thin ice?
The past tense of skate on thin ice is skated on thin ice.

Words near skate on thin ice in the dictionary

  1. skate around
  2. skate by
  3. skate key
  4. skate keys
  5. skate on
  6. skate on thin ice
  7. skate one's lane
  8. skate over
  9. skate park
  10. skate parks
  11. skate punk

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