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security blanket
noun
- a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
- someone or something that gives a person a sense of protection or a feeling of security:
His wealthy uncle is his security blanket.
security blanket
noun
- a policy of temporary secrecy by police or those in charge of security, in order to protect a person, place, etc, threatened with danger, from further risk
- a baby's blanket, soft toy, etc, to which a baby or young child becomes very attached, using it as a comforter
- informal.anything used or thought of as providing reassurance
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Word History and Origins
Origin of security blanket1
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Idioms and Phrases
Something that dispels anxiety, as in I always carry my appointments calendar; it's my security blanket . This colloquial term, dating from about 1960, was at first (and still is) used for the blanket or toy or other object held by a young child to reduce anxiety.Discover More
Example Sentences
With Mikkelsen as his security blanket, Arcel could cast the other two roles with new faces.
I don't like it any more than you do, disliking Bush was my ideological security blanket.
I like that The Aniston spent the first three years after her breakup walking around wrapped in a giant pashmina security blanket.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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