risk one's neck

English

Verb

risk one's neck (third-person singular simple present risks one's neck, present participle risking one's neck, simple past and past participle risked one's neck)

1. (figuratively) Take a big risk.

   Synonyms: risk life and limb, risk one's life

   • 2013, David Spiegelhalter, Michael Blastland, The Norm Chronicles […] , Profile Books, →ISBN, page 167:

     That's their job. If I risk my own neck, it's reckless; if they risk my neck, it's criminal.

Translations

Translations

• French: risquer sa peau
• Polish: kłaść głowę pod topór impf
• Turkish: kellesini koltuğuna almak (tr), kelleyi koltuğun altına almak

See also

• stick one's neck out
• save one's neck

References

• “risk ones neck”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “risk your neck”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “risk one's neck”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “risk one's neck”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “risk your life neck” (US) / “risk your life neck” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.