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belt and braces

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belt and braces
using more than one method to make sure that something is safe or sure to happen Our staff have identity cards and number codes to open doors - that's part of our belt and braces approach to security.
See also: and, belt, brace


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In the short term Keegan is an antidote to Allardyce, Sam of that name who was strong on belt and braces but short on loaves and fishes.
In practice this belt and braces approach to data assurance is rarely affordable.
The culture secretary, James Purnell, told BBC Radio 4's World at One: "If the concern is about the return of the pictures, we believe that this is a belt and braces approach which gives them every guarantee that they require.
 
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