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单词 stick one's neck out
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stick one's neck out

informal Risk incurring criticism or anger by acting or speaking boldly.These writings revealed a first-rate sensibility, a critic ready to stick his neck out and make the necessary judgments, sometimes with acerbity, often with a humorous irony....
  • Why stick your neck out when you run the risk of offending someone who has the power to slate your most recent journal article, provide a damning review of your book, or leave you off a shortlist?
  • As I half anticipated, he did not wish to stick his neck out and implicitly criticise rugby.
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