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lay/put something on the line

be on the line - if something is on the line, it is in a situation in which it could be lost or harmed. I feel pretty strongly about the matter, but I'm not going to lay my career on the line for it.

See also: lay, line

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This book is an ode to solidarity and defiance, and the power of the word: "word and body/are all we have to lay on the line. Birds of poetry by Rothschild, Matthew / The Progressive More results

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