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on the safe side
on the safe side
Fig. taking the risk-free path. Let's be on the safe side and call first. I think you should stay on the safe side and call the doctor about this fever.
on the safe side
Avoiding danger, with a margin for error, as in Just to be on the safe side, let's order another hundred chairs. This idiom was first recorded in 1811.
on the safe side
mod. taking the risk-free path. Let’s be on the safe side and call first.