dangerous thing

collocation in English

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dangerous
adjective
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər.əs/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ.əs/
A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofdangerousandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To organize a ' stampede ' is adangerousthingto do under any circumstances.
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Political amnesia (which forgets even the last decade) combined with academic naivety is adangerousthing.
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In fact, this was a case of a little knowledge being adangerousthing.
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Declassification would be the thin end of the wedge and adangerousthingto do.
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I think this is a verydangerousthing.
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If so, it is a verydangerousthingto do.
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It would be the mostdangerousthingto do.
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I think that is always rather adangerousthing.
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I think that is adangerousthingto say.
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It is a verydangerousthingto take an exceptional case.
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It would be a verydangerousthingto insert these words.
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That such a belief should continue is a verydangerousthing.
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I think it is adangerousthingto single out women and to leave men alone.
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That is a verydangerousthing, though great good can come from it.
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That would be an extremelydangerousthingto do.
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I think that was an extremelydangerousthingto say.
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It is a verydangerousthingto argue that such people should be free from punishment.
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That is an extremelydangerousthingto do.
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That would be the mostdangerousthingof all, and the most fatal.
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