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Lay On The Line

Definition: Lay On The Line

Lay On The Line

Verb

1. Expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonyms: Lay On The Line

Synonyms: put on the line (v), risk (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Lay On The Line

English words defined with "lay on the line": level. (references)
Specialty definitions using "lay on the line": KingMichmash. (references)

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Modern Translations: Lay On The Line

Language Translations for "lay on the line"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Swedish

  

lägga korten på bordet, sätta på spel (imperil, jeopard, jeopardize, venture), betala kontant (pay down). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tehlikeye atmak (adventure, endanger, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, pawn, peril, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake, venture), riske atmak (adventure, compromise, gamble, jeopardize, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put on the line, risk, set, stake, venture, wager). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Lay On The Line

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-i-l-l-n-n-o-t-y"

-3 letters: anthelion, leniently, linoleate, nonlethal.

-4 letters: anethole, innately, lanoline, nonelite, tenaille.

-5 letters: alienly, aliyoth, anethol, anolyte, anthill, antlion, elation, enation, ethanol, ethinyl, hellion, hotline, hyaline, hyalite, hyenine, inanely, laithly, lanolin, lenient, leonine, lethean, lineate, lithely, loathly, neolith, neonate, neoteny, ninthly, tallyho, theelin, theelol, thionyl, toenail, tonally.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Lay On The Line


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 61 79      4F 6E      54 68 65      4C 69 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100001 01111001 00100000 01001111 01101110 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001100 01101001 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#97 &#121 &#32 &#79 &#110 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#76 &#105 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 0079      004F 006E      0054 0068 0065      004C 0069 006E 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

466791249802547471246758071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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