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safety valve |
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safety valve noun alternative, aperture, boundary condition, choice, circumstance, clause condition, contrivance, definition, device, escalator clause, esca clause, escape valve, escape way, evasion, exception, excuse, exit strategy, expedient, frame of reference, given, grounds, hole to creep out of, limitation, limiting condition, loophole, means of escape, mechanism for evasion, obligation, opening, out, outlet, parameter, pretext, provision, proviso, requisite, saving clause, specification, stipulation, technicality, terms, uncommunicativeness, vehicle of escape, way of essape, way out, whereas Associated concepts: safety valve consideration, safety valve function, stop valve How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Safety Dennis Keyes will be UCLA's safety valve, dropping back when the Bruins keep their defense on the field. Consequently, Kotobuki-cho shifted from serving as a much-needed labour market safety valve, primarily in construction and dock work, to become a destination of last resort for elderly men divorced from family support, unable to find jobs, lacking material resources, and suffering social, physical and psychological handicaps. The melanch olic political philosopher with his tortured English is confined to a stationary van, while the cheerfully fluent porn translator is filmed on a clanking commuter train; a hard-pressed doctor bemoaning his hospital's antiquated equipment gives way to a soldier extolling the virtues of regular target practice as a psychosocial safety valve. |
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