Stick your Neck out

What it means

Take a personal risk for something, knowing that you are the one exposed.

Where it comes from

The image is an animal extending its neck out of cover, where an axe or a jaw can reach it. The phrase is American and about a century old, and it usually arrives as a warning.

The puzzle it came from

Stick your Neck out was the answer to the Phrasicle of October 11, 2025. The clue read ____ your ____ out, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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