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safe

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"Out of danger"

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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈseɪ̯f/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aefsStarts with SEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (of an undertaking) secure from risk

Word origin

From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Italic *salwos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”).

Used in a sentence

  • You’ll be safe from the storm here in the cabin.
  • It’s safe to eat this berry.
  • In fact, in presenting the home life of these people I have been at some pains to avoid the extreme of privation, taking the cases just as they came to hand on the safer middle-ground of average earnings.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Out of danger4 letters
02Free from danger4 letters

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