put on the line

put on the line
See: LAY ON THE LINE.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • put\ on\ the\ line — • lay (smth) on the line • put on the line v. phr. informal 1. To pay or offer to pay. The sponsors had to lay nearly a million dollars on the line to keep the show on tV. The bank is putting $5,000 on the line as a reward to anyone who catches… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put on the line — See: LAY ON THE LINE …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put your neck on the line — put (your) neck on the line to do something that you know might fail and spoil other people s opinion of you or cause you to lose money. There s a lot of money at stake here and none of the directors wants to put his neck on the line. No one… …   New idioms dictionary

  • put neck on the line — put (your) neck on the line to do something that you know might fail and spoil other people s opinion of you or cause you to lose money. There s a lot of money at stake here and none of the directors wants to put his neck on the line. No one… …   New idioms dictionary

  • put your life on the line — put (your) life on the line to risk death in order to try to achieve something. Politicians aren t the ones putting their lives on the line fighting wars …   New idioms dictionary

  • put life on the line — put (your) life on the line to risk death in order to try to achieve something. Politicians aren t the ones putting their lives on the line fighting wars …   New idioms dictionary

  • lay\ on\ the\ line — • lay (smth) on the line • put on the line v. phr. informal 1. To pay or offer to pay. The sponsors had to lay nearly a million dollars on the line to keep the show on tV. The bank is putting $5,000 on the line as a reward to anyone who catches… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • lay on the line — or[put on the line] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To pay or offer to pay. * /The sponsors had to lay nearly a million dollars on the line to keep the show on TV./ * /The bank is putting $5,000 on the line as a reward to anyone who catches the robber./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lay on the line — or[put on the line] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To pay or offer to pay. * /The sponsors had to lay nearly a million dollars on the line to keep the show on TV./ * /The bank is putting $5,000 on the line as a reward to anyone who catches the robber./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Put It on the Line — Infobox Album | Name = Put It on the Line Type = Album Artist = Ghostface Killah Trife Da God Released = November 18 2005 Recorded = Genre = Hip hop Length = Label = Starks Enterprises Reviews = | Put It on the Line is an album by Ghostface… …   Wikipedia

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