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safe and sound

safe and sound adjective: having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.

Adjective

safe and sound (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.
    • Come to the Centaur, fetch our ſtuffe from thence:
      I long that we were ſafe and ſound aboord.c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

safe and sound meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

safe and sound in Hindi

having come to no harm
सहीसलामत sahīslāmat

safe and sound in Marathi

safe and sound
सुरक्षित surakṣit, सुखरूप sukhrūp

safe and sound in Urdu

صحیح سلامت

safe and sound in Bengali

safe and sound
অক্ষতদেহে ôkkhôtôdehe, অক্ষতশরীরে ôkkhôtôśôrire
More languagesFewer languages
safe and sound in Punjabi
ਠੀਕ ਠਾਕ ṭhīk ṭhāk
safe and sound in Gujarati
સહીસલામત sahīsalāmat
safe and sound in Arabic
مَأْمُون وَسَلِيم maʔmūn wasalīm

Synonyms of safe and sound

Origin of safe and sound

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

Questions about safe and sound

What does safe and sound mean?
Safe and sound means having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.
What is safe and sound in Hindi?
Safe and sound in Hindi is सहीसलामत (sahīslāmat). See Safe and sound meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is safe and sound?
Safe and sound is an adjective.

Words near safe and sound in the dictionary

  1. Safawid
  2. Safawids
  3. Safawis
  4. safe
  5. safe account scam
  6. safe and sound
  7. safe area
  8. safe areas
  9. safe as a kitten
  10. safe as a kitten in a basket
  11. safe as a kitten in a box

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: safe and sound (page history and authors); सुखरूप (Marathi) (page history and authors); safe and sound (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্ষতদেহে (Bengali) (page history and authors); સહીસલામત (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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