risk life and limb (English, verb)
expansion: risk life and limb (third-person singular simple present risks life and limb, present participle risking life and limb, simple past and past participle risked life and limb)
Senses:
glosses: To do something dangerous that will risk someone's existence together with his or her body faculties (used to emphasize and often overstate the danger associated with an action).
Forms:
form: risks life and limb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: risking life and limb
tags: participle
present
form: risked life and limb
tags: participle
past
form: risked life and limb
tags: past
form: risk one's life and limb
tags: alternative