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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

harm's way en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (no-plural) A place or course of danger.
    • They put themselves in harm's way.
    • He kept his family out of harm's way.
    • "If it gets crowded and dangerous, we want station closures. And if that doesn't happen, we'll be telling our members to move out of harm's way and into a safe place, which will lead to station closures. [...]" 2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: More trains... but advice is not to use public transport”, in Rail, page 8:
    • For in the hurry of a Fray / ’Tis hard to keep out of harm’s way 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, London, Canto 1, p. 27:

Translations (1)

fi vaara (place or course of danger)