Antonyms for laid on the line
| Grammar : Adj, adv, verb |
- aid
- answer
- assist
- blunt
- calming
- comfort
- complicated
- conceal
- condemn
- deceitful
- deny
- design
- devious
- deviously
- difficult
- disapprove
- disbelieve
- discourage
- dishonest
- dishonestly
- dissociate
- dissuade
- dull
- gentle
- guard
- hard
- help
- hide
- ignore
- indirect
- insincere
- insincerely
- involved
- keep
- kind
- lying
- mild
- misrepresent
- nice
- oppose
- plan
- protect
- refuse
- reject
- reply
- repulse
- retreat
- save
- secretively
- soothing
- stupid
- suppress
- take back
- take care
- tell
- tricky
- untruthful
- withdraw
- withhold
Definition of laid on the line
- As in pointed : adj penetrating, biting
- As in straightforward : adj honest
- As in frankly : adv very honestly
- As in jeopardize : verb endanger
- As in propose : verb suggest, present for action
- As in relate : verb give an account of
- As in propound : verb propose
- As in endanger : verb put in jeopardy
Synonyms for laid on the line
- aboveboard
- accurate
- acid
- acute
- adduce
- advance
- advise
- affirm
- ask
- assert
- barbed
- barefaced
- be careless
- bluntly
- boiled down
- break a story
- broach
- calling a spade a spade
- candid
- candidly
- chance
- chance it
- chronicle
- clue one in
- come up with
- contend
- counsel
- cutting
- dead level
- dead on
- depict
- describe
- detail
- direct
- directly
- disclose
- divulge
- expose
- express
- forthright
- forthrightly
- frank
- freely
- from the hip
- gamble
- genuine
- get off one's chest
- give the word
- guileless
- hazard
- hit on
- hold out
- honorable
- impart
- imperil
- in a nutshell
- in truth
- incisive
- insinuating
- introduce
- invite
- itemize
- just
- keen
- kibitz
- laid on the line
- lay before
- lay it on the line
- lay on the line
- lay open
- leave defenseless
- leave in the middle
- legit
- let one's hair down
- level
- like it is
- make a motion
- make a pitch
- make liable
- meaty
- mellow
- menace
- move for
- name
- narrate
- nominate
- offer
- on the button
- on the level
- on the line
- on the nose
- open
- openly
- outspoken
- particularize
- peril
- pertinent
- picture
- plain
- plain-dealing
- plainly
- play into one's hands
- pose
- prefer
- pregnant
- present
- press
- pretenseless
- proffer
- propone
- proposition
- propound
- put at risk
- put forward
- put in danger
- put in jeopardy
- put on the spot
- put to
- put up
- recite
- recommend
- recount
- rehearse
- report
- request
- retell
- reveal
- right to it
- right-on
- risk
- run down
- run through
- sarcastic
- set forth
- sharp
- shoot the breeze
- short-and-sweet
- sincere
- sling
- solicit
- speak one's piece
- spill
- spill the beans
- spin a yarn
- spitball
- square-shooting
- stake
- state
- stick one's neck out
- straight
- straight-arrow
- straightforwardly
- subject to
- subject to loss
- submit
- suggest
- talking turkey
- tart
- tell
- telling
- tempt fate
- tender
- threaten
- track
- trenchant
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- undissembled
- undissembling
- unequivocal
- unvarnished
- up front
- upright
- upstanding
- urge
- venture
- veracious
- verbalize
- volunteer
- without reserve
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