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take one's life in one's hands

take one's life in one's hands verb: to take a great risk; to risk death.

Verb

take one's life in one's hands (third-person singular simple present takes one's life in one's hands, present participle taking one's life in one's hands, simple past took one's life in one's hands, past participle taken one's life in one's hands)

  1. To take a great risk; to risk death.
    • You take your life in your hands when you travel through that bandit country.

Forms of take one's life in one's hands

third-person singular presenttakes one's life in one's hands
present participletaking one's life in one's hands
pasttook one's life in one's hands
past participletaken one's life in one's hands
alternative formtake one's life in one's own hands

Questions about take one's life in one's hands

What does take one's life in one's hands mean?
Take one's life in one's hands means to take a great risk; to risk death.
What part of speech is take one's life in one's hands?
Take one's life in one's hands is a verb.
What is the past tense of take one's life in one's hands?
The past tense of take one's life in one's hands is took one's life in one's hands.

Words near take one's life in one's hands in the dictionary

  1. take one's hat off to
  2. take one's hook
  3. take one's kit off
  4. take one's leave
  5. take one's life
  6. take one's life in one's hands
  7. take one's lumps
  8. take one's medicine
  9. take one's own hide to market
  10. take one's own life
  11. take one's pick

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