safety in numbers

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Definitions of safety in numbers words

phrase safety in numbers If you say that there is safety in numbers, you mean that you are safer doing something if there are a lot of people doing it rather than doing it alone. 0
noun safety in numbers The purported decrease in likelihood of being the victim of an attack, accident, or other bad event, as a result of being surrounded by people. 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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