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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. expose to a chance of loss or damage;
- Example: "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"
- Example: "Why risk your life?"
- Example: "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong"
[syn: risk, put on the line, lay on the line]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

put on the line
    v 1: expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a
         lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She
         laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was
         wrong" [syn: risk, put on the line, lay on the line]