safety net
safety net
Definition
safety net
noun
- a net suspended as beneath circus aerialists to catch them if they fall
- any protection against failure or loss
safety net
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- provide: It provides a safety net for the least fortunate.
- require: This is a safety net required by the state to ensure that you run a responsible and ethical business in the state.
- create: If an activity is difficult for some students, you can create safety nets or cushions, using drama techniques to help.
- have: On this point the comparison group have a different other safety net.
- use: Reading cushions If basic skills are required in an activity, you can again use safety nets or cushions.
- leave: It is called being an adult and is good training for when you leave the safety net of university.
Preposition: for
- customer: A. The scheme acts as a safety net for customers of financial services firms regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
- child: This is described as a ' safety net for children ' and is used to protect children from offensive content.
- member: We are here to provide a safety net for members and their families.
Adjective modifier
- social: They were outraged at tightened game laws and the loss of the social safety net of common pasture and woodland.
- other: On this point the comparison group have a different other safety net.
- local: It necessitates a decentralized process in which the local capacity of rural institutions are strengthened and local safety nets supported to promote community-based initiatives.
- imperfect: Those with phi substantially less likely imperfect safety nets.
safety-net Quotes
Welfare should be a safety-net, not a hammock.
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