harm's way

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English

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Noun

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harm's way (plural not attested)

  1. A place or course of danger.
    He kept his family out of harm's way.
    They put themselves in harm's way.
    • 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras[1], London, Canto 1, p. 27:
      For in the hurry of a Fray / ’Tis hard to keep out of harm’s way
    • 2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: More trains... but advice is not to use public transport”, in Rail, page 8:
      "If it gets crowded and dangerous, we want station closures. And if that doesn't happen, we'll be telling our members to move out of harm's way and into a safe place, which will lead to station closures. [...]"

Usage notes

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  • This noun phrase is used almost exclusively as the object of prepositions, principally in, into, and out of, and from.
  • Uncommonly, way is modified by determiners or adjectives or appears as object of a verb.

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