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see play it safe .

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Let's play safe and remove all forms of life, bacterial and otherwise.

There was no telling how soon the rest of the seam would open, and Jimmy meant to play safe.

Even though you're not going to work on "hot" electric lines, it pays to play safe.

But Axander had resolved to play safe, and the next ball was so wide that it was plain he was doing it with deliberate design.

As we had already made one score, while the 'Greys' had nothing, all we had to do was to play safe and the game was ours.

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