Ass is on the line, someone’s
-ss is on the line, someone’s
sentence
someone is at risk; someone has taken a perilous responsibility: a friend’s -ss is on the line and i promised i’d talk to you/ i better be right this time, because my -ss is on the line
[fr the notion of a line separating hostile persons, such that encroaching on it is a challenge and a risk]
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