on the safe side en · ADP
Meanings
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Taking precautions.
Just to be on the safe side, why don't you Google him?
Oh, no, my dear, I ordered that six months ago, just to be on the safe side. But upon my soul, I was sure then that we'd be on board to-day.
c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act 2:
Relateds
err on the side of caution · play it safe · for good measure
Translations (21)
el για κάθε ενδεχόμενο (on the safe side) · hu biztos, ami biztos (on the safe side) · it per ogni evenienza (on the safe side) · es curarse en salud (on the safe side) · fr par principe (on the safe side) · sv för säkerhets skull (on the safe side) · fr par précaution (on the safe side) · hu a biztonság kedvéért (on the safe side) · pl występując bezpiecznie (on the safe side) · da for en sikkerheds skyld (on the safe side) · fi varmuuden vuoksi (on the safe side) · nl veiligheidshalve (on the safe side) · nl voor de zekerheid (on the safe side) · da på den sikre side (on the safe side) · fr au cas où (on the safe side) · sv på säkra sidan (on the safe side) · ja 念のために (on the safe side) · de sicherheitshalber (on the safe side) · de vorsichtshalber (on the safe side) · de auf der sicheren Seite (on the safe side) · fr par acquit de conscience (on the safe side)