a little leery

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a little leery

Cautious, wary, or uncertain of a given person, place, or thing. To be honest, I'm a little leery of signing up for this deal; it sounds too good to be true.

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for the decline, as well as double-digit sales declines in Latin America and Japan, where a September outbreak of mad cow disease has left consumers leery of beef.

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The president of Elim Park Place was leery of what the program would cost and skeptical of whether it would work.

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Wallraff explains, "There's still a perception of a problem with credit card security, so we provide a toll-free phone number for customers who are leery.

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Livestock owners are still leery about wolves in their territory as are hunters.

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Historians are leery of "grand designs" and all-encompassing explanations of the past, and of none more so than the Marxist theory of history.

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For similar reasons, I was leery of Gangsta Pat's new CD #1 Suspect because of the unnervin presence of such tracks as "Legion of Doome" and "Gangsta's Need Love 2.

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Businesses leery of past job-training efforts will have to be persuaded that this one is different.

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I'm leery of people who talk to in, visible beings--but at least some in the praying set are kind and tolerant.

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Those leery of centralized systems argue against putting all your eggs in one basket.

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Considering heading to summer camp but leery about stringing beads and canoeing Lake Whatamidoinghere?

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A recent survey in the two countries revealed that male consumers were leery of Fairydown's gay-sounding name, so the New Zealand-based company changed the name to Zone.