Meaning

• Exposure to likely harm; peril.

  "There's plenty of danger in the desert."

• An instance or cause of likely harm.

• Mischief.

• (mainly outside US) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").

  "The north signal was at danger because of the rockslide."

• Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.

• Liability.

• Difficulty; sparingness.

• Coyness; disdainful behavior.

Meaning

• To claim liability.

• To imperil; to endanger.

• To run the risk.