play it safe
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"Samsung has to defend the category it created, and that's why it cannot play it safe," he added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
The easy thing then would have been to play it safe and hire a big name from the glittering ranks of unemployed managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The German outfit have decided not to play it safe in their first campaign and have designed and built an in-house power unit.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Some of us play it safe, some of us swing for the fences.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
Most people had probably decided to play it safe with the weather and stay indoors.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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