harm's way
noun
: a dangerous place or situation
was placed in harm's way
got them out of harm's way
Examples of harm's way in a Sentence
got everyone out of harm's way just minutes before the house was ripped apart by the tornado
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Without warning, the robot loses control, thrashing its limbs, knocking over equipment and forcing the technicians to scramble out of harm's way.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
According to the company, the Copperhead-M isn't just a way to give uncrewed submarines their own tin fish or to make robotic boats more able to go into harm's way instead of humans.
—New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2025
Because American pilots were about to fly into possibly a deadly situation, and the secretary of defense is telling everyone on the group chat – which, by the way, included me – that these pilots were about to go into harm's way.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2025
This iron-willed dedication to put himself in harm's way — and filling movie-theater seats with people who wouldn't — is one reason Cruise is sometimes credited as being the savior of Hollywood.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 May 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
According to the company, the Copperhead-M isn't just a way to give uncrewed submarines their own tin fish or to make robotic boats more able to go into harm's way instead of humans.
—New Atlas, 21 Apr. 2025
Because American pilots were about to fly into possibly a deadly situation, and the secretary of defense is telling everyone on the group chat – which, by the way, included me – that these pilots were about to go into harm's way.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2025
This iron-willed dedication to put himself in harm's way — and filling movie-theater seats with people who wouldn't — is one reason Cruise is sometimes credited as being the savior of Hollywood.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 May 2025
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“Harm's way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/harm%27s%20way. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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