skate on thin ice
To be (or to place oneself) in a risky, potentially dangerous or delicate situation.
If I concur to that I will be skating on thin ice.
skate
/skeɪt/
noun 8verb 5adj 1name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
able, cold, enough, hard, next, outside, quick, safe
VERB + SKATE
fish, learn, like, opt, ski, want, went
SKATE + NOUN
dinner, lake, morning, sunday
PREP.
from, on, with
ADV.
really, safely, sometimes
Definitions
noun
1
A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
2
Ellipsis of ice skate.
3
Ellipsis of roller skate.
4
The act of skateboarding
There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
5
The act of roller skating or ice skating
The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.
verb
1
To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
2
To skateboard.
3
To use the skating technique.
4
To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
5
To move smoothly and easily.
Addressing a short pass from Henderson, he always felt too smart for Mykola Matviyenko, taking a step to lure him one way; dropping his shoulder and skating in the other direction, further inside.
adj
1
Pertaining to the technique of skating.
Thesaurus
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Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
skate over
To avoid addressing or tackling.
skate one's lane
To play in one's assigned position rather than straying to the location of the current action.
Wings should skate their lanes and not go roaming about the ice.
skate around
Synonym of skate over.
Example Bank
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There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
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The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.
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Addressing a short pass from Henderson, he always felt too smart for Mykola Matviyenko, taking a step to lure him one way; dropping his shoulder and skating in the other direction, further inside.
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The fishermen crowding in the cafés were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their
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Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish,
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I opt for skate, which comes with a Champagne sauce, and a glass of Californian Pinot Gris.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
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