Everything must go with you, as nothing can be left to compromise your position, old or present.

"The project needs deep study to make sure it will not compromise our position on the islands."

"I did not want to compromise my position," he said.

Can it compromise its position as the world leading financial centre?

"What they ended up doing was compromising women's position significantly."

"So we're trying to teach them to get out of those compromising positions."

But you're on for a real haul by threatening to make all this public and compromise my position here.

"My plan is to sign him and I'll do nothing to compromise my position."

However, he had no wish to compromise his position by revealing anything inadvertently.

You have to be real careful about that though, because flying in a circle over them will sure as hell compromise their position.