play it safe
Example Sentences
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Trier expresses it more bluntly: “She won’t,” he predicts, “become one of those vain actors who play it safe.”
From Los Angeles Times
"You can't play it safe, there is no point in going out there with that mindset," he says.
From BBC
Julio Urías should eat up innings as the ace, but, in a contract year, he may play it safe, who knows?
From Los Angeles Times
“This one, I just wanted to play it safe,” Abrams said Friday morning.
From Washington Post
“It certainly deters school districts. You give school districts an unofficial opinion, they’re going to try to play it safe,” Lopez said.
From Scientific American
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
