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court disaster

VERB

run the gauntlet

Synonyms

WEAK

be a target be a whipping boy come to grips with face criticism face one's punishment go in harm's way go through fire and water march up to the cannon's mouth meet head-on take one's life in one's hands take potshots take the bull by the horns

VERB

tempt fate

Synonyms

WEAK

ask for it bell the cat court danger push one's luck tempt the gods try one's hand try one's luck

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Superstitious sippers must not break their teapot, pour tea back into the teapot, drink the kettle dry or drink out of the spout, lest they court disaster.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

John Hickenlooper, the former governor of Colorado, said that this approach would court disaster.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 31, 2019

German diplomats warn that redrawing boundaries in a region still reeling from war would court disaster.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2019

To tell the truth would be to court disaster: a probable break-up, plus the risk of a permanent rift between father and daughter and father and wife.

From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2019

Any theatrical manager of our time who should have the hardihood to put on the stage Jonson's The Silent Woman or Marlowe's Tamburlaine would court disaster.

From Comfort Found in Good Old Books by Fitch, George Hamlin

court disaster

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