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live on the edge

idiom

To have an adventurous or perilous lifestyle; to behave in a manner which creates risks for oneself.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bleeding edge

    Something too new and untested to be reliable or to have any assurance of safety; the figurative place where such things exist.

  2. 02

    cutting edge

    The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.

  3. 03

    edge of the earth

    A very remote place.

  4. 04

    edge of the world

    A very remote place.

  5. 05

    edge out

    To defeat in a contest or a game by a narrow margin of victory.

  6. 06

    live a lie

    To conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.

  7. 07

    live and die by

    Be completely reliant upon.

  8. 08

    live and let live

    To be tolerant; to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities which life offers and to allow others to do the same.

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