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Posted by Bob on July 17, 2000

In Reply to: Origin & meaning posted by Jack White on July 17, 2000

: Harm's way

The meaning: a position of vulnerability, in the path (way) of something dangerous (harm) soon to appear. A child playing in a busy street is in harm's way.
Origin? don't know.

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