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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Derby	DAHR-bee, DUR-bee	English (Rare)
Theodorus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized), Dutch
Theotimus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
DÉNes	DAY-nesh	Hungarian
Jaakob	-	Finnish (Rare), Estonian (Rare)
Karl	KAHRL (German, Danish, English, Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic