play safe

play (it) safe

(informal)

to be careful and not take risks We decided to play safe and paint the walls a fairly neutral colour. They're playing it safe by not investing too much money until they've seen the first year's accounts.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Santino	sahn-TEE-no	Italian
MichaŁ	MEE-khahw	Polish
Celestina	the-le-STEE-nah (Spanish), se-le-STEE-nah (Latin American Spanish), che-le-STEE-nah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian
Baise	[beiz]
Ainsley	['einzli]
Samuilu	-	Old Church Slavic