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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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  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. Jeetendr Sehdev:

    What's essential for Gap at this moment is that it's injected with a strong point of view, and people pay attention to the brand again, gap knows it can't play it safe and is counting on this big risk translating into a big reward.

  2. Justin Gatlin:

    I thought we could have broke 38( seconds) if we did not have that headwind, we wanted to play it safe on that backstretch from second to third( runners) because of the wind.

  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. Bob Barnes:

    I just play it safe and that’s what makes it hard, if there’s a car coming toward me and there’s a car coming behind me, I have to get off the road. Literally, off the road and into the grass, wait for the cars to pass — and get back on.

  5. Pete Buttigieg:

    When we try to play it safe, we come up short. We win when we put forward inspiring leadership often from a new generation not too connected to Washington and calling America to be more than we have ever been.

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