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safety net

noun

a large net rigged between a person, as a trapeze performer, and the ground as protection in a fall.
something that provides a margin of protection or security:
the safety net of federal credit for financial institutions.

safety net

First recorded in 1945–50

They are only here to reap the rewards of the American safety net (such as it is) and thereby raise your taxes.

But as it takes away the safety net, their corpses wind up in fishing nets.

In my mind, the parameters you can set and monitor in the best way is to do it in the safety net of a competition.

However, such crypto-libertarianism is countered by a very strong belief in the need for government to provide a safety net.

The establishment of a social safety net is the most profoundly religious action a government can take.

The entitlement programs that make up our safety net for the truly needy have worthy goals and many deserving recipients.

Yet, right or wrong, hasn't the war stretched a little the safety net of our democracy?

Only there was this difference—there was no safety net below him.

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