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sticking one's neck out

sticking one's neck out is the present participle and gerund of stick one's neck out.

Meaning of stick one's neck out

Verb

stick one's neck out (third-person singular simple present sticks one's neck out, present participle sticking one's neck out, simple past and past participle stuck one's neck out)

  1. (idiomatic) To take a risk, putting oneself in a vulnerable position.
    • Uncle Tom's study was a place I seldom entered during my visits to Brinkley Court, because when I did go there he always grabbed me and started to talk about old silver, whereas if he caught me in the open he often touched on other topics, and the way I looked at it was that there was no sense in...1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC

Questions about sticking one's neck out

What is sticking one's neck out the present participle and gerund of?
Sticking one's neck out is the present participle and gerund of stick one's neck out.

Words near sticking one's neck out in the dictionary

  1. sticking one on
  2. sticking one's dick in crazy
  3. sticking one's foot in it
  4. sticking one's foot in one's mouth
  5. sticking one's head in the sand
  6. sticking one's neck out
  7. sticking one's nose into
  8. sticking one's oar in
  9. sticking one's tongue out
  10. sticking out
  11. sticking out a mile

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