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risk neck
risk one's neck (to do something)
Fig. to accept the risk of physical harm in order to accomplish something. Look at that traffic! I refuse to risk my neck just to cross the street to buy a paper. I refuse to risk my neck at all.
risk your neck
to do something dangerous We risked our necks to rescue you and all you can say is “Gee whiz”?
risk your neck
to do something very dangerous I'm not going to risk my neck climbing over a twenty-foot wall!