Safe and Tried

Safe

Safe adjective - Worthy of one's trust.
Usage example: she always offers safe advice

Tried and safe are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tried" instead an adjective "Safe".

Nearby Words: safety, safekeeping, safely

Tried

Tried adjective - Worthy of one's trust.
Usage example: a tried method for catching sport fish

Safe and tried are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Safe" instead an adjective "Tried".

Nearby Words: try, trying

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / 12 Years a Slave Keeping Northup safe from Tibeats was thus not Ford protecting his property (somewhat-Tibeats had not paid Ford the full price for Northup), and Ford sent Northup to his brother-in-law to keep him safe and tried to convince Tibeats that killing Northup would gain him nothing.
  • Web Original / Hotel Haven The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: All of the other contestants left either tried to get out, or tried to find somewhere safe from the hotel falling into hell around them.
  • Comicbook / Sleepwalker Sleepwalker knew that if he tried to fight the mindspawn, Rick could have gotten hurt in the crossfire, but this way he can keep Rick safe while getting on the mindspawn's good side.
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