skate on thin ice

English

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Verb

to skate on thin ice (third-person singular simple present skates on thin ice, present participle skating on thin ice, simple past and past participle skated on thin ice)

  1. (idiomatic) To be (or to place oneself) in a risky, potentially dangerous or delicate situation.
    If I concur to that I will be skating on thin ice.

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