danger : Idioms & Phrases
clear and present danger
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noun a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged
- no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety
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danger line
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noun a line beyond which it is dangerous to go
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danger zone
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noun a dangerous area
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In one's danger
- in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. Obs. This sense is retained in the proverb, "Out of debt out of danger."
Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. Robynson (More's Utopia).
Webster 1913
To do danger
- to cause danger. Obs.
Webster 1913
To make danger
- to make experiment. Obs. Beau. & Fl.
