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lose by a neck

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  • neck — [nek] n. [ME nekke < OE hnecca, akin to Ger nacken < IE base * ken , to bend, squeeze > NOOK, NUT] 1. that part of a human or animal joining the head to the body, including the part of the backbone between the skull and the shoulders 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • neck — 1 /nek/ noun 1 PART OF THE BODY (C) the part of your body that joins your head to your shoulders: She wore a string of pearls around her neck. 2 CLOTHING (C) the part of a piece of clothing that goes around your neck: the neck of the shirt | The… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • lose — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring about a loss] Syn. mislay, forget, be careless with; see misplace . 2. [To incur loss] Syn. suffer, miss, be deprived of, fail to keep, suffer loss, be reduced by, be impoverished from, become poorer by, be at a… …   English dictionary for students

  • Colts Neck High School — Let the Tradition Begin Location 59 Five Points Road Colts Neck, NJ 07722 …   Wikipedia

  • catch\ it\ in\ the\ neck — v. phr. slang To be blamed or punished. Tom got it in the neck because he forgot to close the windows when it rained. Students get it in the neck when they lose library books. Compare: catch it, get what s coming to one Syn.: catch it in the neck …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get\ it\ in\ the\ neck — v. phr. slang To be blamed or punished. Tom got it in the neck because he forgot to close the windows when it rained. Students get it in the neck when they lose library books. Compare: catch it, get what s coming to one Syn.: catch it in the neck …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put (your) neck on the block — put (your) head/neck on the block to risk doing something which will make other people lose their good opinion of you if it fails. He put his head on the block by promising his team wouldn t lose any more matches this year. I m not going to put… …   New idioms dictionary

  • catch it in the neck — or[get it in the neck] {v. phr.}, {slang} To be blamed or punished. * /Tom got it in the neck because he forgot to close the windows when it rained./ * /Students get it in the neck when they lose library books./ Compare: CATCH IT, GET WHAT S… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • catch it in the neck — or[get it in the neck] {v. phr.}, {slang} To be blamed or punished. * /Tom got it in the neck because he forgot to close the windows when it rained./ * /Students get it in the neck when they lose library books./ Compare: CATCH IT, GET WHAT S… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put your neck on the line — put (your) neck on the line to do something that you know might fail and spoil other people s opinion of you or cause you to lose money. There s a lot of money at stake here and none of the directors wants to put his neck on the line. No one… …   New idioms dictionary

  • put neck on the line — put (your) neck on the line to do something that you know might fail and spoil other people s opinion of you or cause you to lose money. There s a lot of money at stake here and none of the directors wants to put his neck on the line. No one… …   New idioms dictionary

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