get cautious
Frequency: 6.022.3 per million words
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- Investors tend to get cautious when the market is volatile.
- After the accident, he got cautious about driving at night.
- She's getting cautious about trusting new people after her recent experience.
- We'll need to get cautious with our spending if prices keep rising.
- Lately, the public has gotten cautious about sharing personal data online.
- If you hear strange noises, it's natural to get cautious.
- Why did you suddenly get so cautious about the deal?
- Getting cautious is a normal reaction to being deceived.
- As the storm approached, the sailors started to get cautious and secured everything on deck.
- The company got overly cautious with its investments following the recession.