playing safe
Example Sentences
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With a playwright as hawk-eyed as Gasda at the helm, “Zoomers” has the potential to be a substantial work about the new-to-adulthood generation, but it won’t get there playing safe, or playing Smash.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024
You’re in a similar bind when choosing audition speeches: torn between playing safe and meeting the director’s expectations, or revolutionising the form.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2019
“I’m gunning for 58 this year, not playing safe for 59.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2018
But there’s a gray area between playing safe and playing scared.
From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2016
Instead of playing safe he began to run.
From The Boy Grew Older by Broun, Heywood
