wise precaution

collocation in English

meaningsofwiseandprecaution

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wise
adjective
uk
/waɪz/us
/waɪz/
approving
having or showing the ability to make good judgments, based on a deep understanding and experience ...
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precaution
noun
uk
/prɪˈkɔː.ʃən/us
/prɪˈkɑː.ʃən/
an action that is done to prevent something unpleasant or ...
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(Definition ofwiseandprecautionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This was awiseprecaution.
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That is awiseprecaution.
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It was awiseprecaution.
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He commends as ' awiseprecaution' the requirement to distinguish between phonological and grammatical word (271).
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I think it is awiseprecaution.
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Surely that is a verywiseprecaution.
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Such would be awiseprecaution.
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Is not this awiseprecaution?
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It is a mostwiseprecaution.
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That was probably a verywiseprecaution.
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I should have thought that this was awiseprecaution.
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Would not this be at least awiseprecaution?
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I regard that as a verywiseprecaution.
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I should have thought that that was awiseprecaution.
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That is a wholly necessary andwiseprecaution.
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I believe that that was awiseprecaution.
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I think it would be awiseprecautionto act in that way.
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I welcome this as awiseprecaution, undertaken partly in response to suggestions made by industrialists.
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I think it is awiseprecautionfor an eventuality which we hope will not happen.
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They consider it awiseprecautionwhich is justified in present circumstances.
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I believe that the proposed two-thirds majority vote is a verywiseprecaution.
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One therefore has to take thewiseprecautionof checking precedents.
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We are merely following the party opposite in thewiseprecautionthat it once took.
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That was awiseprecautionhe was taking, and consideration has been given to it.
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This is awiseprecautionto be taken until such time as research provides the real answers.
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