playing safe
Example Sentences
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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
But Marvin A. Blyden, a territory senate leader who has drafted several pieces of legislation regarding the mariners since their arrival, worries that playing safe haven for guests will prove dangerous for residents.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2020
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
And playing safe for yourself because the subject is so big—and putting others in wrong because they can't settle all the troubles of the universe offhand to suit ye!
From All-Wool Morrison by Day, Holman
