play it safe
Example Sentences
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The easy thing then would have been to play it safe and hire a big name from the glittering ranks of unemployed managers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The German outfit have decided not to play it safe in their first campaign and have designed and built an in-house power unit.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
I don’t think of someone who likes to play it safe.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026
But does the same thing apply to the customers who prefer to play it safe, those fixed-income investors?
From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025
Most people had probably decided to play it safe with the weather and stay indoors.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
