precaution
/pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/ noun C1- Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good. · his life was saved by precaution
- A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act. · to take precautions against risks of accident
Plural precautions
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I knew it by certain precautions he took.
Noirtier—for it was, indeed, he who entered—looked after the servant until the door was closed, and then, fearing, no doubt, that he might be overheard in the antechamber, he opened the door again, nor was the precaution useless, as appeared from the rapid retreat of Germain, who proved that he was not exempt from the sin which ruined our first parents.
“Take all needful precautions,” replied the inspector.
‘You will, however, I am sure, excuse me for taking an obvious precaution.’ With that he seized my hair in both his hands, and tugged until I yelled with the pain.
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