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
Mortgage brokers say lenders are "playing safe" with rates amid current economic uncertainty, but costs could eventually start to dip.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2022
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan made their comedy great by never playing safe.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2019
“I’m gunning for 58 this year, not playing safe for 59.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2018
But it is playing safe to have your stockings match your slippers or shoes.
From Woman as Decoration by Burbank, Emily
