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Bell the cat   /bɛl ðə kæt/   Listen
Bell the cat

verb
1.
Take a risk; perform a daring act.





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"Bell the cat" Quotes from Famous Books



... there was, as he said, a dead set at him, and that the Pall Mall for a wonder was backing it up. On his first point I was sure that Mr. Gladstone did not wish for his resignation, and knew that I should go too. On the second, I doubted any member being ready to bell the cat; and on the third point I was sure that Mr. Gladstone's defence of Chamberlain would not be such as to entail ...
— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2 • Stephen Gwynn


Words linked to "Bell the cat" :   lay on the line, risk, put on the line


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