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put on the line

VERB

advise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apprise inform notify tell warn

STRONG

acquaint clue post report show update

WEAK

clue in fill in give the word keep posted lay it out let in on make known put next to put on to tip off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal hide

STRONG

withhold

WEAK

betray deceive delude fool keep mum keep quiet keep secret lie pretend trick

VERB

wager

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gamble put up speculate

STRONG

adventure chance game hazard hedge hustle lay parlay play pledge plunge risk set shoot spec stake venture

WEAK

lay a wager play the market put on shoot the works take action

Antonyms

STRONG

ascend rise

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It wasn’t just her own capital she put on the line behind LaSalle—she dragged in New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the new House Democratic leader, to stump for LaSalle as well.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2023

And, since our own bodies weren’t put on the line by a draft, the personal stakes were admittedly abstract to those of us who did not enlist to fight.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 20, 2019

Clearly that works as an applause line, but the brains put on the line every week don’t belong to the people applauding.

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2017

What have I got to put on the line for my team.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2016

It was her marriage that she couldn’t put on the line.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

put on the line

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