The country was in peril

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The country was in peril. People that are unfamiliar with the saying may assume that the country was in danger of losing a war. However, this saying is actually used to describe the threat of losing an important battle. If your business is in jeopardy of failing, you can say, “The country was in peril.” The phrase means that losing the battle would be pretty bad.

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