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safe and sound

adj

Etymology

Conjunction of safe (“not in danger”) and sound (“intact, healthy”). Compare with Old French sauf et sain.

Definitions

  1. Having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.

    • Come to the Centaur, fetch our ſtuffe from thence: I long that we were ſafe and ſound aboord.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for safe and sound. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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