out of harm's way

Idioms  

1. In a safe condition or place, as in We fenced the yard to keep the children out of harm's way. This idiom was first recorded about 1661.

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Example Sentences

Controllers need the information about debris areas to warn pilots and get them out of harm’s way.

From The Wall Street Journal

A worried mother working miles away from her family frantically tries to get her three children out of harm’s way as an out of control fire ravages their community.

From Los Angeles Times

Prof Ramesh says that if we are able to see what happens on the Sun's corona and spot a solar storm or a coronal mass ejection in real time, record its temperature at origin and watch its trajectory, it can work as a forewarning to switch off power grids and satellites and move them out of harm's way.

From BBC

The propellers were also designed in such a way that, like the ships’ rudders, they were retractable and could be lifted out of harm’s way if it appeared that they were about to be destroyed by ice.

From Literature

If everyone follows tendenko, then people can be confident that their children, parents, neighbors, and friends are getting out of harm’s way—there will be no need to check on loved ones.

From Literature

Related Words

• intact
• undamaged
• uninjured
• unscathed
• untouched