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单词 stick one's neck out
释义 stick one's neck out
phrasal
: to lay oneself open (as to attack, criticism, complaint, detection, punishment, reprisal) : run the risk of bringing down upon oneself a consequence detrimental to oneself (as by taking another's part, making a decision outside the scope of one's authority, passing judgment on a matter presumed to be beyond one's competence)
 < when the testing time comes, he isn't afraid to stick his neck out — Jack Winocour >
 < her warmhearted, slaphappy way of sticking her neck out — C.J.Rolo >
 < economists stuck their necks out in the capacity of self-appointed forecasters — Fritz Machlup >
 < avoids sticking his neck out politically — Scotsman >
 < stuck his neck out many times for liberal causes — R.S.Allen >
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