See just in case in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "dėl viso pikto"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "kei tūpono"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "for sikkerhets skyld"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "bare i tilfelle"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "berre i tilfelle"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "na wszelki wypadek"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "w razie czego"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "por precaução"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "por via das dúvidas"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na vsjákij slúčaj",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "на вся́кий слу́чай"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na vsjákij požárnyj slúčaj",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "на вся́кий пожа́рный слу́чай"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na vsjákij požárnyj",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "на вся́кий пожа́рный"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "por si acaso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "por si las moscas"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pro vsjak vypádok",
"sense": "to be on the safe side",
"word": "про всяк випа́док"
}
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"word": "just in case"
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"text": "I'll take an umbrella, just in case it rains.",
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"text": "1629, Roger Williams et al., The Correspondence of Roger Williams, Brown University Press (reprinted 1988, →ISBN, page 204,\nDudley and his council \"gave no credit to these suspicions\" but decided to strengthen the colony's defenses just in case the rumors turned out to be true."
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"text": "1981, John H. G. Pell, \"General George Washington's Visit to Fort Ticonderoga in July 1783\", Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, Volume XIV, Number 1, Summer 1981, Fort Ticonderoga Museum, page 260,\nThroughout 1782 and most of 1783 there was a mixture of defacto [sic] peace but preparedness for war just in case it should be resumed, a sort of cold war."
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to provide for the possible event that — see also in case",
"word": "au cas où"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to provide for the possible event that — see also in case",
"word": "(csak) arra az esetre, ha"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to provide for the possible event that — see also in case",
"word": "bara utifall att"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to provide for the possible event that — see also in case",
"word": "bara i fall att"
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"word": "just in case"
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