PUT / LAY YOUR HEAD / NECK ON THE BLOCK

Meaning of PUT / LAY YOUR HEAD / NECK ON THE BLOCK in English

to risk losing your job, damaging your reputation, etc. by doing or saying sth

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON
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PUT
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LAY
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YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
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NECK
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LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; laid ; laying ; lays ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old …
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HEAD
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BLOCK — I. ˈbläk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English blok, from Middle French bloc, from Middle Dutch blok; akin to …
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YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUT — /poot/ , v. , put, putting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to move or place (anything) so as to …
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NECK — — necker , n. — neckless , adj. — necklike , adj. /nek/ , n. 1. the part of the …
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LAY — lay 1 /lay/ , v. , laid, laying , n. v.t. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position …
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HEAD — — headlike , adj. /hed/ , n. 1. the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk …
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BLOCK — — blockable , adj. /blok/ , n. 1. a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more …
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PUT — I. ˈpu̇t verb ( put ; put·ting ) Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch …
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LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; lay·ing ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, from Old English lecgan; akin to Old …
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HEAD
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YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
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PUT — noun a certain game at cards. 2. put ·noun a pit. 3. put ·impf & ·p.p. of put. 4. put …
Webster English vocab
NECK — vt & ·vi to kiss and caress amorously. 2. neck ·noun the point where the base of the stem of …
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LAY
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HEAD
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BLOCK — add. ·noun a block hole. 2. block ·vt the pattern or shape of a hat. 3. block ·add. ·noun the …
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PUT — [put] vb put ; put.ting [ME putten; akin to OE putung instigation, MD poten to plant] vt (12c) 1 a: …
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YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUT — / pʊt; NAmE / verb ( put·ting , put , put ) [ vn ] IN PLACE / POSITION 1. …
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NECK — / nek; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the part of the body between the …
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BLOCK — / blɒk; NAmE blɑːk/ noun , verb ■ noun SOLID MATERIAL 1. [ C ] a large piece of a …
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YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
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NECK — I. neck 1 S2 W2 /nek/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hnecca ] 1 . PART …
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LAY
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HEAD
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BLOCK — I. block 1 S2 W2 /blɒk $ blɑːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: verb : ↑ block , …
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
NECK — n. & v. --n. 1 a the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders. b the part …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAY — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLOCK — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a solid hewn or unhewn piece of hard material, esp. of rock, stone, or …
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NECK — n. & v. n. 1 a the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders. b the part …
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LAY — v. & n. v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
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HEAD — n., adj., & v. n. 1 the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
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BLOCK — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a solid hewn or unhewn piece of hard material, esp. of rock, stone, or …
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Oxford English vocab
NECK — n. & v. --n. 1. a the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders. b the part …
Oxford English vocab
LAY — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1. tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in …
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HEAD — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. the upper part of the human body, or the foremost or upper part of …
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BLOCK — n., v., & adj. --n. 1. a solid hewn or unhewn piece of hard material, esp. of rock, stone, or …
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LAY — I. VERB AND NOUN USES /leɪ/ ( lays, laying, laid) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
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PUT — ( puts, putting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'put' …
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ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
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NECK — ( necks, necking, necked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your neck …
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HEAD — ( heads, heading, headed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Head' is …
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BLOCK — ( blocks, blocking, blocked) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A block …
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NECK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crick in your back/neck ▪ He was getting a crick in his neck …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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