live on the edge
To have an adventurous or perilous lifestyle; to behave in a manner which creates risks for oneself.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“He likes to live on the edge by riding his motorcycle fast.”
“She quit her steady job to start a new business, choosing to live on the edge for a while.”
“By investing his entire savings into a volatile market, he chose to live on the edge, fully aware that he could lose everything in a single day.”
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bleeding edge
Something too new and untested to be reliable or to have any assurance of safety; the figurative place where such things exist.
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cutting edge
The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.
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die the way one lived
To die because of or after doing something characteristic of oneself, especially something that one enjoyed doing.
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edge of the earth
A very remote place.
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edge of the world
A very remote place.
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edge out
To defeat in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.
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live a lie
To conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.
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live and die by
Be completely reliant upon.
Last updated August 10, 2026