playing safe
Example Sentences
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"The modern-day players coming through have got to copy this. You can't win playing safe."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
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
In any case he was playing safe, for he only promised me half if the treasure was found.
From Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
