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Phrase(s): If you play with fire, you get burned.
Prov. If you do something dangerous, you will get hurt. • Joe said, "I have no sympathy for race-car drivers who get injured. They should know that if you play with fire, you get burned." • My mother always told us that experimenting with hard drugs was playing with fire.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs