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precaution
1. n. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good
his life was saved by precaution
2. n. A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
to take precautions against risks of accident
3. v. To warn or caution beforehand.
4. v. (transitive, rare) To take precaution against.

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I've taken the precaution of leaving this address with a friend.  These figures confirm a general impression of economic weakness and reinforce the argument that an interest rate reduction would have been a sensible precaution against continuing slow growth.

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