lay your neck on the block
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lay your neck on the block — lay your head/neck on the block ► to risk a bad thing happening to you, for example getting a bad reputation, by doing something or helping someone: »Agency executives willing to lay their heads on the block in a pure results driven agreement… … Financial and business terms
lay your head on the block — lay your head/neck on the block ► to risk a bad thing happening to you, for example getting a bad reputation, by doing something or helping someone: »Agency executives willing to lay their heads on the block in a pure results driven agreement… … Financial and business terms
lay your head on the block — put/lay your head/neck on the block idiom to risk losing your job, damaging your reputation, etc. by doing or saying sth • It s not a matter that I m prepared to put my head on the block for. Main entry: ↑blockidiom … Useful english dictionary
put your neck on the block — put your head/neck/on the block phrase to take a risk by doing or saying something that might damage your reputation, make people criticize you etc Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: block * * * put/lay your he … Useful english dictionary
lay your head/neck on the block — ► to risk a bad thing happening to you, for example getting a bad reputation, by doing something or helping someone: »Agency executives willing to lay their heads on the block in a pure results driven agreement would be very brave. Main Entry:… … Financial and business terms
put your head on the block — put your head/neck/on the block phrase to take a risk by doing or saying something that might damage your reputation, make people criticize you etc Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: block * * * put/lay your he … Useful english dictionary
block — Large quantity of stock or large dollar amount of bonds held or traded. As a rule of thumb, 10,000 shares or more of stock and $200,000 or more worth of bonds would be described as a block. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A large amount of shares … Financial and business terms
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