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Definition

Having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.

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Origins

Conjunction of safe (“not in danger”) and sound (“intact, healthy”). Compare with Old French sauf et sain.

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In Context

  • "Come to the Centaur, fetch our ſtuffe from thence: I long that we were ſafe and ſound aboord."
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Also Said As

  • in one piece
  • unharmed
  • unhurt
  • uninjured
  • unscathed