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play it safe

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  1. play it safeverb

    To take a cautious, risk-free approach.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of play it safe in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of play it safe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of play it safe in a Sentence

  1. Robert Altman:

    To play it safe is not to play.

  2. Brandon A. Trean:

    If you have a choice to play it safe or make a mistake.Take into consideration if you can afford the mistake.

  3. Petrina Thong:

    When it comes to traveling, most of us play it safe by planning everything out and staying in hotels, this was the perfect time to try something different. I don’t have many commitments and I’m not in a relationship and I don’t have many savings.

  4. Eva Telzer:

    Mothers redirected adolescents' sense of reward away from risky choices and towards safe choices, in other words, it feels good to play it safe when mom is there, whereas it feels good to be risky when alone.

  5. Ross Baird:

    It’s their money, which leads them to play it safe and scour the same homogeneous networks for deals.

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