live dangerously

verb

To constantly take risks; to be daring.

Meanings

verblive dangerously (third-person singular simple present lives dangerously, present participle living dangerously, simple past and past participle lived dangerously)

present singular third person lives dangerously · participle present living dangerously · participle past lived dangerously · past lived dangerously

  1. To constantly take risks; to be daring.

    City lived dangerously in the closing minutes and, when it was all over, Guardiola, so agitated in his technical area, was relatively calm as he sought out opposite number Simone Inzaghi for consoling words.

    2023 June 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 1 - 0 Inter Milan”, in BBC Sport
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