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have/lead a sheltered life
disapprovingDefinition
› to have a life in which you are protected too much and experience very little danger, excitement, or change: Until going to university, she had led a very sheltered life.Safe and secure
(Definition of have/lead a sheltered life from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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have/keep your ear to the ground idiom
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have/keep your feet on the ground idiom
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have/keep your finger on the pulse idiom
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have/keep your options open idiom
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have/know sth off pat idiom
- have/lead a sheltered life idiom
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have/make a stab at sth idiom
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have/put your head on the block idiom
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have/take a dump idiom
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have/take a notion to do sth idiom
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have/take pride of place idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Safe and secure
Synonyms and related words:
- -friendly suffix
- as safe as houses idiom
- copper-bottomed adjective
- fail-safe adjective
- firmly adverb (NOT LOOSELY)
- firmly adverb (STRONGLY)
- immune adjective
- inoffensive adjective
- inviolate adjective
- kind adjective
- ozone-friendly adjective
- roadworthy adjective
- safe adjective (NOT IN DANGER)
- sb/sth won't bite idiom
- seaworthy adjective
- secure adjective (FIXED)
- securely adverb (FIXED)
- securely adverb (PROTECTED)
- the coast is clear idiom
- there's safety in numbers idiom
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