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Meaning: (idiomatic,military)To put oneself in the way of an enemy's firing.1909, Joseph John Doke,M. K. Gandhi: Indian Patriot in South Africa,Chapter 13:They were again under fire at Vaal Krantz, the shells dropping a few yards in front of them as the bearers removed the men. Hospital orderlies, water-carriers, nurses, bearers, all were willing to do or be anything in this dire need; and although not infrequently obliged to accept insults or tostand fire, they acquitted themselves with great credit, and earned the unstinted praise of the soldiers.1917, Harris Dickson,s:The Unpopular History of the United States by Uncle Sam Himself,Chapter 14:It is perfectly possible to take a thousand individuals, each of whom is individually fearless, form them hastily into a regiment, and collectively they will notstand fire. A thousand individual heroes may easily makeone collective regimental coward. Such is the incomprehensible psychology of the mob.; (idiomatic)To put oneself in a position vulnerable torebukeorcriticismSynonym:face the music
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