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dance with death

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dance with death
Fig. to attempt to do something that is very risky. The crossing of the border into enemy territory was like dancing with death. You are dancing with death in your effort to cross that narrow ledge.
See also: dance, death
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After more than 20 years as a sideman on classic sessions such as Jackie McLean's Action and Andrew Hill's Dance With Death, he makes his Blue Note headline debut with a superb document of his fiery big band, presenting his extraordinary charts and distinctive playing.
music: jazz & blues; CHARLES TOLLIVER With Love (Blue Note) by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
The backdrop changed depending on the number, and when it was the turn of Dance With Death, Bruce Dickinson appeared as the devil, resplendent in a devilish red light.
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ECSTASY victim Helen Cousins yesterday warned other youngsters that the drug was not worth "the dance with death.
It's just not worth dance with death; ECSTASY SURVIVOR'S WARNING by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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