死しを賭とす

expression, godan verb (-su)

risk one's life; do at the risk of death

Often used in the pattern 死を賭して (risking one's life) to describe a determined action. The verb 賭す is a literary or formal variant of 賭ける.

• 彼かれは死しを賭としてその秘ひ密みつを守まもった。

  He risked his life to protect that secret.

• 死しを賭とす覚かく悟ごで戦たたかいに臨のぞんだ。

  He faced the battle with the resolve to risk his life.