Put On The Line (Verb)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- If he's not able to meet the production deadline, he'll put his job on the line.
- Her career was put on the line when it was discovered that she had falsified some of her research data.
- They put everything on the line to start their own business and were not prepared for the possibility of failure.
- I don't think it's necessary to put our relationships on the line over something so trivial.
- She put her reputation on the line by speaking out against the injustices in her community.