"fail safe" meaning in All languages combined

See fail safe on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: fails safe [present, singular, third-person], failing safe [participle, present], failed safe [participle, past], failed safe [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fail safe (third-person singular simple present fails safe, present participle failing safe, simple past and past participle failed safe)
  1. (intransitive) Alternative form of fail-safe (verb with differing inflections) Tags: alt-of, alternative, intransitive Alternative form of: fail-safe (extra: verb with differing inflections)
    Sense id: en-fail_safe-en-verb-kNV2K~k1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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