What does on the safe side mean?

on the safe side

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English

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"Just to be on the safe side, why don't you Google him?"
"Oh, no, my dear, I ordered that six months ago, just to be on the safe side. But upon my soul, I was sure then that we'd be on board to-day."

err on the side of caution for good measure play it safe

err on the side of caution for good measure play it safe

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