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give hostage to fortune

He was very cautious with his words and gave no hostages to fortune.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'give hostage to fortune':

give hostage to fortuneTo take an action or make a statement that is risky because it could cause you trouble later.
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dar rehenes a la fortuna

donner en otage la fortune

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give headgive heedgive it the old college trygive forthgive forthgive ingive chasegive him enough rope and he'll hang him…give it a gogive credit where credit is duegive it a gogive facegive it a twistgive it one's best shot

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