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all right

adjective [after verb], adverb (SAFE)
 
 
(also not standard alright)

Definition

A2 safe, well, or not harmed: She was very ill for a while but she's all right now. Did you get home all right (= safely) last night?Safe and secure
(Definition of all right adjectiveadverb (SAFE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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