What does harm's way mean?

harm's way

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

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"He kept his family out of harm's way."
"They put themselves in harm's way."
"For in the hurry of a Fray / ’Tis hard to keep out of harm’s way"
""If it gets crowded and dangerous, we want station closures. And if that doesn't happen, we'll be telling our members to move out of harm's way and into a safe place, which will lead to station closures. [...]""

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