out of harm's way
Example Sentences
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The riders and their teams knew they needed to get their prized horses, which can carry price tags of up to several million dollars each, out of harm’s way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
This week, far to the east of Kyiv, the trains that evacuated hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in February and March 2022 are still taking people out of harm's way.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
A worried mother working miles away from her family frantically tries to get her three children out of harm’s way as an out of control fire ravages their community.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025
Mr Moss asked Mr Poland if he accepted that he should have stopped on Hart Street as soon as he was out of harm's way, and called the police.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
The last were the most popular—the boys pranced round shrieking with laughter and throwing the crackers about everywhere, yet they were nimble enough to skip out of harm’s way.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.