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on the safe side

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[on the safe side] {adv. phr.}

Provided for against a possible emergency; well prepared.

* /"Please double-check these proofs, Mr. Brown," the printer said, "just to be on the safe side."/

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	{adv. phr.} ⁵⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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