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Multi-word Results
| fail-safe |
protected against failure or breakdown, as by a compensatory or back-up mechanism that begins to function automatically in an emergency. [5 definitions] |
| play it safe |
to act so as to prevent or avoid misfortune or danger; be cautious. |
| safe house |
a dwelling used by a spy agency, underground organization, or the like as a refuge for its members, or by a police organization to protect witnesses whose impending testimony endangers their lives. |
| safe-conduct |
the privilege of passing unmolested through a particular region, such as a contested area in wartime, or the document or escort authorizing such passage. [2 definitions] |
| safe-deposit |
of or designating secure storage for valuable items, as in a bank vault or lockbox; safety deposit. |
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