To be on the safe side

Examples

It's what they call a "theocracy”-priest-ridden in the extreme, full of dark superstitions and darker myths and legends, where all gods and demons are honoured, doubtless to be on the safe side. The people are cruel, ignorant, dirty and proud-they look down their noses at all other races. Michael Moorcock

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium. David R. Brower

It is best to be on the safe side. Danish Proverb

It is best to be on the safe side. English Proverb

Best to be on the safe side. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

to be meaningless to be named later To be overjoyed To be overthrown to be paid