Antonyms for laying the line
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
- aid
- answer
- assist
- cautious
- comfort
- conceal
- condemn
- deny
- design
- devious
- diplomatic
- disapprove
- disbelieve
- discourage
- dissociate
- dissuade
- guard
- help
- hide
- ignore
- introverted
- keep
- misrepresent
- oppose
- plan
- protect
- refuse
- reject
- reply
- repulse
- reserved
- retiring
- retreat
- save
- shy
- suppress
- tactful
- take back
- take care
- tell
- withdraw
- withhold
Definition of laying the line
- As in outspoken : adj explicit, unreserved
- 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 laying the line
- abrupt
- adduce
- advance
- advise
- affirm
- artless
- ask
- assert
- be careless
- blunt
- break a story
- broach
- calling spade a spade
- candid
- chance
- chance it
- chronicle
- clue one in
- come up with
- contend
- counsel
- depict
- describe
- detail
- direct
- disclose
- divulge
- expose
- express
- forthright
- frank
- free
- gamble
- get off one's chest
- give the word
- hazard
- hit on
- hold out
- impart
- imperil
- introduce
- invite
- itemize
- kibitz
- lay before
- lay it on the line
- lay on the line
- lay open
- laying it on the line
- leave defenseless
- leave in the middle
- let one's hair down
- make a motion
- make a pitch
- make liable
- menace
- move for
- name
- narrate
- nominate
- offer
- open
- particularize
- peril
- picture
- plain
- plain-spoken
- play into one's hands
- point-blank
- pose
- prefer
- present
- press
- 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
- risk
- round
- run down
- run through
- set forth
- shoot the breeze
- sling
- solicit
- speak one's piece
- spill
- spill the beans
- spin a yarn
- spitball
- square
- stake
- state
- stick one's neck out
- straightforward
- strident
- subject to
- subject to loss
- submit
- suggest
- talking turkey
- tell
- tempt fate
- tender
- threaten
- track
- unceremonious
- unequivocal
- unreticent
- up front
- urge
- venture
- verbalize
- vocal
- volunteer
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