risk neck

  • 1risk neck — risk (your) neck to do something dangerous. We risked our necks to rescue you and all you can say is “Gee whiz”? …

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  • 2risk your neck — risk your life/​neck phrase to do something very dangerous, especially something that could injure or kill you The officer risked his life to save the drowning man. Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: risk * * * risk your neck : to do… …

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  • 3Risk factors for breast cancer — Risk factors of breast cancer may be divided into preventable and non preventable. Their study belongs in the field of epidemiology. Breast cancer, like other forms of cancer, is considered to result from multiple environmental and hereditary… …

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  • 4neck — [nek] n. [ME nekke < OE hnecca, akin to Ger nacken < IE base * ken , to bend, squeeze > NOOK, NUT] 1. that part of a human or animal joining the head to the body, including the part of the backbone between the skull and the shoulders 2.… …

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  • 5risk life and limb — risk/sacrifice/life and limb phrase to be put, or to put yourself, in physical danger He has risked life and limb to bring us these news reports. Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry …

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  • 6risk your neck — risk (your) neck to do something dangerous. We risked our necks to rescue you and all you can say is “Gee whiz”? …

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  • 7risk your life — risk your life/​neck phrase to do something very dangerous, especially something that could injure or kill you The officer risked his life to save the drowning man. Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: risk …

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  • 8neck — I n. 1) to crane one s neck 2) to twist, wring smb. s neck 3) (misc.) to risk one s neck ( to risk one s life ); to break one s neck trying to do smt. ( to make a maximum effort to get smt. done ); to stick one s neck out ( to expose oneself to… …

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  • 9neck — 1 /nek/ noun 1 PART OF THE BODY (C) the part of your body that joins your head to your shoulders: She wore a string of pearls around her neck. 2 CLOTHING (C) the part of a piece of clothing that goes around your neck: the neck of the shirt | The… …

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  • 10risk — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, grave, great, high, huge, major, serious, significant …

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