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Stick your neck out
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Stick out your neck
means to take a risk to help someone or do something brave, often when others wouldn't dare.
Examples:
1- She stuck her neck out to defend her friend when everyone else stayed silent.
2- Harriet Tubman stuck her neck out by going back to slave territory to rescue others.
Hello and welcome to Daily English! As it’s the weekend, we learn English through real and inspiring stories. As always, the transcript is available in the description. Today’s story is about a woman who stuck her neck out — risked her life — again and again to save others. Let’s hear the story of Harriet Tubman.
What Happened?
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in the United States. After escaping herself, she didn’t just settle into freedom. Instead, she stuck her neck out by returning to the South multiple times to help rescue more than 70 enslaved people — including children and family members. She often carried opium to help quiet frightened children during dangerous escape missions. At great personal risk, she became a conductor on the Underground Railroad — a secret network that helped slaves escape to freedom. She never lost a single passenger.
Even later in life, Harriet continued to fight for justice, working as a spy, nurse, and activist. She was a true hero who repeatedly risked everything to help others.
Expression of the Day: "Stick your neck out" This idiom means to take a risk to help someone or do something brave, often when others wouldn't dare.
Examples:
“She stuck her neck out to defend her friend when everyone else stayed silent.”
“Harriet Tubman stuck her neck out by going back to slave territory to rescue others.”
“I’m not going to stick my neck out unless I believe in the cause.”
Question for You: Have you ever stuck your neck out for someone else — or seen someone do it? What happened?