Antonyms for stick neck out
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : nek |
Phonetic Transcription : nɛk |
Definition of stick neck out
Origin :- Old English hnecca "neck, nape, back of the neck" (a fairly rare word) from Proto-Germanic *khnekkon "the nape of the neck" (cf. Old Frisian hnekka, Middle Dutch necke, Dutch nek, Old Norse hnakkr, Old High German hnach, German Nacken "neck"), with no certain cognates outside Germanic, though Klein's sources suggest PIE *knok- "high point, ridge" (cf. Old Irish cnocc, Welsh cnwch, Old Breton cnoch "hill").
- The more usual Old English words were hals (the general Germanic word, cf. Gothic, Old Norse, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German hals), cognate with Latin collum (see collar (n.)); and swira, probably also from a PIE root meaning "column" (cf. Sanskrit svaru- "post").
- Transferred senses attested from c.1400. Phrase neck of the woods (American English) is attested from 1780 in the sense of "narrow stretch of woods;" 1839 with meaning "settlement in a wooded region." To stick one's neck out "take a risk" is first recorded 1919, American English. Horses running neck and neck is attested from 1799.
- As in speculate : verb gamble, risk
- As in venture : verb take a chance
- As in chance : verb risk, endanger
- As in endanger : verb put in jeopardy
- As in gamble : verb take a chance on winning
Synonyms for stick neck out
- advance
- assay
- attempt
- back
- be careless
- bet
- brave
- buck the odds
- cast lots
- challenge
- chance
- chance it
- cut the cards
- dare
- dare say
- defy
- draw lots
- endanger
- essay
- experiment
- expose
- face
- feel
- flip the coin
- front
- gamble
- game
- get down
- go for broke
- go out on a limb
- grope
- have a fling at
- hazard
- imperil
- jeopardize
- lay money on
- lay on the line
- lay open
- leave defenseless
- leave in the middle
- lot
- make a bet
- make a stab at
- make bold
- make book
- make liable
- margin up
- menace
- operate
- peril
- play
- play for
- play into one's hands
- play the market
- play with fire
- plunge
- pour money into
- presume
- put
- put at risk
- put eggs in one basket
- put faith in
- put in danger
- put in jeopardy
- put it on the line
- put on the spot
- put trust in
- put up
- risk
- roll the dice
- run the risk
- set
- shoot the moon
- shoot the works
- skate on thin ice
- spec
- speculate
- stake
- stick neck out
- stick one's neck out
- subject to loss
- take a chance
- take a crack at
- take a flier
- take a fling
- take a flyer
- take a plunge
- take shot in the dark
- tempt fate
- tempt fortune
- threaten
- toss up
- trust to luck
- try
- try one's luck
- try out
- venture
- volunteer
- wager
- wildcat
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