There's safety in numbers

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There's safety in numbers.

something that you say which means if people do something difficult or unpleasant together, they are less likely to get harmed or blamed Working on the principle that there's safety in numbers, we decided we should all go and complain together.

See also: number, safety

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You see, sir, it's early as yet; in a few minutes these here rooms will fill up; and there's safety in numbers, as they say. Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context More results

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There's nobody home
There's none so blind as those who will not see
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear
There's nothing to it
There's one born every minute
There's safety in numbers
There's the rub
There, there
thereby hangs a tale
therein
these
They also serve who only stand and wait
They broke the mould when they made

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there's the rub
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