How to Use play it safe in a Sentence

play it safe

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• Mia agrees and advises her not to play it safe.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
• Of course, most of the queens play it safe with an original song!
  — Chris Feil, Vulture, 11 July 2025
• If no emergency crews are on the scene, play it safe and call it in.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2024
• Red wine and coffee drinkers may want to find a darker shade to play it safe.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
• Don't play it safe, but be bold and lean into your vision of this world.
  — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
• My guess is Arpino would have rather seen dancers push to the edge and miss than play it safe.
  — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
• Most of the articles out there are about what not to do, and how to play it safe.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022
• The guest bathrooms ride the wave, ranging from stormy to serene, and none play it safe.
  — Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
• But the Yankees may want to play it safe with the left-hander.
  — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 4 July 2026
• Be sure to check reports ahead of your visit and to play it safe, pack in layers.
  — Emily Hochberg, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2024
• Half the golfers play it safe, while the others risk playing over the pines and water.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022
• Investors are trying to play it safe, still cautious that the sell-off could get worse.
  — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2025
• People play it safe, looking for ways not to lose instead of playing to win.
  — Ricky Muddimer, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Some charter yachts play it safe to appeal to all tastes and preferences.
  — Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2024
• Christian Bradley arrived four hours early to play it safe.
  — Paul Burton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
• What’s more, the less dominant squirrels were more likely to play it safe.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
• From a young age many women are conditioned to play it safe, avoid risk, and be likeable.
  — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• All those stories do is foment fear and encourage these people to play it safe.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
• So the editors need to play it safe in their selection of writers.
  — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
• To play it safe, put money aside and try to diversify your income.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• Natanael Cano isn’t one to play it safe, and neither is Anuel AA.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 25 July 2025
• The typical response is to hunker down, play it safe and stick with what's worked before.
  — Kirsten Ludwig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• Restaurants used to play it safe, defaulting to fish tacos and relying on rooftop views to bring in crowds.
  — Amber Gibson, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
• The couple acknowledged that Hogsett tends to play it safe and doesn’t grab many headlines.
  — Indystar Staff, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
• The Yankees will play it safe with their superstar player.
  — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
• Barnes stayed put though, unsure if the ball was going to bounce off the wall and electing to play it safe with only one out.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2022
• Stained with turmeric and run through with heavy-handed additions of dairy, these potatoes don’t play it safe.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
• With a gold medal in their back pockets, Shuster didn’t play it safe or get down on himself when things didn’t go well.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
• Given the uncertainties, the smart move for a gardener is to play it safe.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
• For example, to play it safe for a traditional formal event, a crisp dark suit will do the trick.
  — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2025