"put one's ass on the line" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "putting one's ass on the line",
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        "present"
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      "form": "put one's ass on the line",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990, Predator 2:",
          "text": "I put my ass on the line to get you here, and all I expect is a little cooperation!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Mitchell Geoffrey Bard, From Tragedy to Triumph: The politics behind the rescue of Ethiopian Jewry:",
          "text": "They thought everyone was afraid. Only they would risk their lives. Once people saw that we put our asses on the line, everything changed...",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Frederick K. Van Patten, Reluctant Seeker:",
          "text": "He put his ass on the line for his country and his family during the Second World War, but nobody seems to care about that anymore.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To take a big risk."
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          "take a big risk",
          "take a risk"
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        "(idiomatic, vulgar) To take a big risk."
      ],
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        "vulgar"
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        "present"
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        "past"
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        {
          "ref": "1990, Predator 2:",
          "text": "I put my ass on the line to get you here, and all I expect is a little cooperation!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Mitchell Geoffrey Bard, From Tragedy to Triumph: The politics behind the rescue of Ethiopian Jewry:",
          "text": "They thought everyone was afraid. Only they would risk their lives. Once people saw that we put our asses on the line, everything changed...",
          "type": "quote"
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          "text": "He put his ass on the line for his country and his family during the Second World War, but nobody seems to care about that anymore.",
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        }
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        "To take a big risk."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, vulgar) To take a big risk."
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