out of danger

idiom

: having no chance of being harmed or killed
We're not out of danger yet.

Examples of out of danger in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While many of those fleeing are able-bodied adults, choosing to brave long and sometimes dangerous journeys to bring themselves and their families to safety, others are at the mercy of their caregivers to deliver them out of danger. Justin Spike, ajc, 3 Mar. 2022 Project Dynamo now has practice in moving large numbers of people out of danger zones. NBC News, 24 Feb. 2022 Fleury initially stopped Kadri’s rocket, but the puck dribbled over the goal line before Calvin de Haan could sweep it out of danger. Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 25 Jan. 2022 Bravo’s planners believed that the inhabitants of Rongelap Atoll, 80 miles to the east, were out of danger. Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2021 And unless recipient countries move quickly to provide genuine safe havens, no one fleeing Belarus -- not even Timanovskaya -- should consider themselves out of danger. Michael Bociurkiw, CNN, 4 Aug. 2021 The group was also monitoring a dolphin that had been equipped with a satellite tracking device and appeared to have made its way out of danger and into the waters off Nantucket. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Nov. 2022 Unlike their first meeting, when France left the Americans shell-shocked after an 83-76 victory, the U.S. responded immediately as Damian Lillard made a pair of long 2-point jumpers and Jrue Holiday got a steal and a dunk to keep their team out of danger. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2021 At Manning’s trial, prosecutors did not say anyone had been killed as a result, but officials have said the government spent significant resources in getting such people out of danger. Charlie Savage, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2022

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“Out of danger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20of%20danger. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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