lay on the line

What does lay on the line mean?

lay on the line means "expose to a chance of loss or damage".

What is another word for lay on the line?

Close synonyms include risk, put on the line. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lay on the line a common word?

lay on the line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lay on the line come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.