in jeopardy
Facing potential harm
In jeopardy means at risk of loss, harm, or failure.
The phrase implies serious stakes—a job, life, or freedom hanging in the balance: The scandal put his career in jeopardy.
In legal contexts, to be in jeopardy is to face criminal prosecution, giving rise to double jeopardy—the prohibition against being tried twice for the same offense.
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- at riskSubject to danger
- in hot waterFacing impending punishment
- dangerExposure to harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
peril · fragility · crisis · on thin ice · skating on thin ice · playing with fire · doubtfulness · hanging by a thread · touch and go · liability · weakness · defenselessness · precariousness · exposure · on the line · at stake · threat · menace
in jeopardysafe
Free from peril
secure · out of danger · protected · safe and sound · out of harm's way
in jeopardyguaranteed
Promised with certainty
assured · secure · on solid ground · certain · in the bag
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