go in harm's way

VERB

run the gauntlet

Synonyms

WEAK

be a target be a whipping boy come to grips with court disaster face criticism face one's punishment go through fire and water march up to the cannon's mouth meet head-on take one's life in one's hands take potshots take the bull by the horns

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go in harm's way

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast," he wrote to a gentleman who had secured for him the appointment; "for I intend to go in harm's way.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

From Paul Jones by Hapgood, Hutchins

go in harm's way

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