het zekere voor het onzekere nemen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Literally "to take the certain before the uncertain".

Verb

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het zekere voor het onzekere nemen

  1. (idiomatic) to err on the side of caution

Inflection

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Conjugation of het zekere voor het onzekere nemen: see nemen.
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