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
Bairstow's six-hitting has banked him millions of Rupees on these shores but he fell lifting the ball into the hands of long-off, neither going for broke nor playing safe.
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023
“I’m gunning for 58 this year, not playing safe for 59.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2018
There is a fine balance between seizing a chance to express yourself and playing safe to avoid making any mistakes.
From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2017
And the scheme was in keeping with the man; so far as it was possible, Bayne Trevors was still playing safe.
From Judith of Blue Lake Ranch by Gregory, Jackson
