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in jeopardy to be at risk; to be at peril. John puts himself in jeopardy every time he goes skydiving. I was in jeopardy when my car broke down on the deserted road. place someone or something in jeopardy to put someone or something at risk. Do you realize that what you just said places all of us in jeopardy? She has placed the entire project in jeopardy. See also: place put someone or something in(to) jeopardy to put someone or something into danger. What you just said puts Bill into jeopardy. It puts his plans in jeopardy. See also: put in jeopardy in danger It worries me that the money for these projects is in jeopardy, and I wonder what we will do if there is no money. Fiona's injury put her basketball career in jeopardy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Though the script, by first-time screenwriter Dave Collard (watch out; his only previous listed credit is for the TV cartoon ``Family Guy''), starts out a leisurely enough, even sultry pace, once all of the plot gizmos start whirring, the sudden jeopardies and split-second saves pile up so deliriously it almost makes you forget that every single twist is exactly what you'd expected it would be an hour earlier. He therefore advises fathers to appoint a wise and honest guardian for their sons, lest the youths "run headlong into overmany jeopardies, as Ulysses had done many times if Pallas had nor always governed him, if he had not used to stop his ears with wax, to bind himself to the mast of his ship" (62-63). But whenever people put their mind to it, instead of their hearts, they come up with the fear about the risks and jeopardies of putting children at Belmont,'' Tokofsky said. |
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