Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is stick one’s neck out and its meaning is “take a risk by saying/doing something that other people might not like”.
Example Sentence: The CBI now has some of the brightest Indian Police Service officers in its higher echelons (ranks). None of them may be expected to be reckless and sacrifice their careers by bending to unethical pressures from their Director or from the government’s echelons. However, it is not enough if the middle-rung supervisors alone are straightforward. There needs to be a strong and virtuous leader who will not only be honest but also stick his neck out to protect his deputies if and when confronted by an unscrupulous (dishonest/unethical) political heavyweight.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article A candid conversation about the ‘caged parrot’ and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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