prep_phrase
Meaning 1
Taking precautions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Just to be on the safe side, why don't you Google him?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
on the safe side
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Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: på den sikre side — on the safe side
- Danish: for en sikkerheds skyld — on the safe side
- Dutch: veiligheidshalve — on the safe side
- Dutch: voor de zekerheid — on the safe side
- Finnish: varmuuden vuoksi — on the safe side
- French: par acquit de conscience — on the safe side
- French: par précaution — on the safe side
- French: au cas où — on the safe side
- French: par principe — on the safe side
- German: vorsichtshalber — on the safe side
- German: sicherheitshalber — on the safe side
- German: auf der sicheren Seite — on the safe side
- Greek: για κάθε ενδεχόμενο (gia káthe endechómeno) — on the safe side
- Hungarian: a biztonság kedvéért — on the safe side
- Hungarian: biztos, ami biztos — on the safe side
- Italian: per ogni evenienza — on the safe side
- Japanese: 念のために (nen no tame ni) — on the safe side
- Polish: występując bezpiecznie — on the safe side
- Spanish: curarse en salud — on the safe side
- Swedish: på säkra sidan — on the safe side
- Swedish: för säkerhets skull — on the safe side