dice with death

verb

To do or perform an activity which is very risky, or dangerous, and could even cause one's death.

“By now, I think everyone is aware that to drink and drive is to dice with death.”

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Meanings

verbdice with death (third-person singular simple present dices with death, present participle dicing with death, simple past and past participle diced with death)

present singular third person dices with death · participle present dicing with death · participle past diced with death · past diced with death

  1. To do or perform an activity which is very risky, or dangerous, and could even cause one's death.

    By now, I think everyone is aware that to drink and drive is to dice with death.

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    2012, The Economist, 06 Oct 2012 issue, Business and America’s fiscal cliff: Give us a brake Benjamin Franklin once said: “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” These days, taxes are far from certain. And if that doesn’t change, American businesses could be dicing with death.

Translations

Russian игра́ть со сме́ртью
  • игра́ть со сме́ртью (igrátʹ so smértʹju)to risk heavily
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APA

dice with death. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dice%20with%20death

MLA

“dice with death.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dice%20with%20death. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dice with death,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dice%20with%20death.

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