danger zone

collocation in English

meaningsofdangerandzone

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danger
noun
uk
/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us
/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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zone
noun[C]
uk
/zəʊn/us
/zoʊn/
an area, especially one that is different from the areas around it because it has different characteristics or is used for ...
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(Definition ofdangerandzonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They seem to suggest that unless you are in the 'dangerzone' there is no help that is readily available and accessible at primary care level.
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Quite exceptionally, and going beyond the usual safety point, getting, so to speak, into thedangerzone, we could go as far as 25 kilograms.
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What has he to say about allowing all these men to remain in thedangerzone?
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He knew he was a marked man, but he refused to be transferred from thedangerzone.
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We owe it to the millions of youths who are not yet in thedangerzone.
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There arc areas outside the apparent immediatedangerzonewhere factories are situated which would be a temptation for enemy aeroplanes to attack.
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That, of course, involves the width of thedangerzone.
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If we were in thedangerzone, there is no doubt that we would tackle the problem much faster than we are doing.
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A man who has a car should not be allowed to get more easily away from thedangerzonethan other people.
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The descent took place on a recognised dropping zone, which is marked as a permanentdangerzoneto all aircraft.
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The three military live firing ranges are pointing inwards; the centre of the moor is the impact area and thedangerzone.
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The second either removes the cause of danger or leads us out of thedangerzone.
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One is the risk, and the other is that the employment for them cannot continue in thedangerzone.
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For instance, they might by extending theirdangerzonemake the whole purpose of the agreement nugatory.
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The comprehensive spending review was already risky, and, with the halving—at least—of the growth forecast, it has gone into thedangerzone.
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They belong to a special corps exempted by the tribunals from combatant service, and they are not employed in thedangerzone.
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They are at once in thedangerzone; it is doubtful whether they will receive any grant or not.
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It lies 150 miles outside thedangerzonearound it.
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Of all the people who should be removed out of the immediatedangerzone, the old and infirm are entitled to an early priority.
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Some of the coal-fired power stations may now begin to drift into thedangerzone.
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