jugarse el tipo

Spanish

Verb

jugarse el tipo (first-person singular present me jugo el tipo, first-person singular preterite me jugué el tipo, past participle jugado el tipo)

1. (idiomatic, figurative) to risk life and limb; to risk one's neck

Further reading

• “jugarse el tipo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10