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idiomput/lay your job, life, future etc on the line(also put/lay your neck, reputation etc on the line)to do something that makes you risk losing something important, such as your job, your life, or the respect other people have for you:Pat Murphy of the association of minicab drivers said, "Drivers who work nights are putting their lives on the line every time they do a shift - we have to do more to protect them."The government will lay its future on the line by holding a referendum on whether to dismantle the state-run industries.I'm willing to lay my neck on the line and say that if my client is given bail, he will not run, and neither is he a dangerous person.
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