lay sth on the line
Definition
› to risk harm to something: I'd be laying my career/life on the line by giving you that information.Taking risksGambling and bookmaking › informal to say very clearly that something is the case: You're just going to have to lay it on the line and tell her that her work's not good enough.Assertions and asserting
(Definition of lay sth on the line from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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lay sth down phrasal verb (WEAPONS)
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lay sth down phrasal verb (WINE)
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lay sth in phrasal verb
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lay sth on phrasal verb (PROVIDE)
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lay sth on phrasal verb (TELL)
- lay sth on the line idiom
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lay sth out phrasal verb (ARRANGE)
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lay sth out phrasal verb (EXPLAIN)
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lay sth out phrasal verb (SPEND MONEY)
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lay sth to rest idiom
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lay sth to waste idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- a drowning man will clutch at a straw idiom
- a leap in the dark idiom
- adventurer noun
- be skating on thin ice idiom
- chance your arm idiom
- flirt with sth phrasal verb (DANGER)
- gamble on sth phrasal verb
- go for broke idiom
- have/put your head on the block idiom
- hazard verb
- play with fire idiom
- pull a stunt idiom
- put your head over/above the parapet idiom
- put your neck on the line idiom
- put/lay sth on the line idiom
- take your life in your hands idiom
- tempt fate/providence idiom
- up the ante idiom
- venture on/upon sth phrasal verb
- venture verb
Topic:
Taking risks
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