I am going to lay it on the line and you had better listen to me. If you eat any of these mushrooms, you will die.
•I've said it before, but this time I'm going to put it on the line. Don't eat the mushrooms!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
(put something) on the line — (put sth) on the ˈline idiom (informal) at risk • If we don t make a profit, my job is on the line. Main entry: ↑lineidiom … Useful english dictionary
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put it on the line — to risk failure. Athletes put it on the line every day in sports, you don t get to do something over. Usage notes: often used in the form put something on the line: The lawyer put his reputation on the line when he agreed to defend this man … New idioms dictionary
put (something) on the line — lay/put (something) on the line be on the line if something is on the line, it is in a situation in which it could be lost or harmed. I feel pretty strongly about the matter, but I m not going to lay my career on the line for it … New idioms dictionary
put it on the line — ► lay (or put) it on the line speak frankly. Main Entry: ↑line … English terms dictionary
put neck on the line — put (your) neck on the line to do something that you know might fail and spoil other people s opinion of you or cause you to lose money. There s a lot of money at stake here and none of the directors wants to put his neck on the line. No one… … New idioms dictionary
put life on the line — put (your) life on the line to risk death in order to try to achieve something. Politicians aren t the ones putting their lives on the line fighting wars … New idioms dictionary
put everything on the line (to) — Risk everything on the business … American business jargon
lay (or put) it on the line — speak frankly. → line … English new terms dictionary
put your neck on the line — put (your) neck on the line to do something that you know might fail and spoil other people s opinion of you or cause you to lose money. There s a lot of money at stake here and none of the directors wants to put his neck on the line. No one… … New idioms dictionary
put your neck on the line — phrase to do something dangerous or something that you could suffer for I put my neck on the line for you, and you don’t even care! Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: neck … Useful english dictionary
