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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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It was also a year when Bob Dylan bounded back from a dance with death to enter the top 10 for the first time in nearly 20 years to challenge son Jakob's band the Wallflowers in sales.
After Irvan's dance with death, his Robert Yates-owned seat was given to Dale Jarrett, the '93 Daytona 500 winner for owner Joe Gibbs.
 
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