precaution

As a precaution against a possible disturbance, the ferry was escorted by a police boat, its blue lights flashing.

The jacket and gloves were a precaution in the event the eaglet panicked, but there was little fuss as he tossed the net over her.

As a precaution, they have been placed on a 21-day fever watch.

But, the precaution falls flat on the upper floors of thin-walled barracks.

DePree said Marble Collegiate sometimes takes another flu-season precaution.

Why did he not exercise more precaution when investigating anything so suspicious as a concealed fire?

Every precaution was taken by Colonel Guitar to guard against a night attack, but his little army was allowed to rest in peace.

And I had already taken the precaution of retaining the best legal counsel in the city.

A man at all easy in his circumstances would spare himself much annoyance by taking the above simple precaution.

Indeed, you would not have taken the precaution, which you did at the moment of my arrest, of searching me to find firearms.