Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bell_the_cat

1 sense of bell the cat

Sense 1
bell the cat -- (take a risk; perform a daring act; "Who is going to bell the cat?")
       => risk, put on the line, lay on the line -- (expose to a chance of loss or damage; "We risked losing a lot of money in this venture"; "Why risk your life?"; "She laid her job on the line when she told the boss that he was wrong")