false sense of security
noun phrase
: a feeling of being safer than one really is
The gun gave him a false sense of security.
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As a fight broke out in the players' dormitories, the group faked their deaths and lulled the pink guards sent to dispose of their bodies into a false sense of security.
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Esther Kang, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Patrick Sheehan, director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, said past weather patterns can lull people into a false sense of security.
—Lauren Sausser and Holly K. Hacker, The Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2024
Experts worry that tracking teens’ locations can turn into a slippery slope that can at times hinder a teen’s relationship with their parents and harm their developing sense of autonomy, as well as create a false sense of security.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
Newsom in his veto message said the legislation, while well-intentioned, could give the public false sense of security about the new, rapidly developing technology.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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Esther Kang, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Patrick Sheehan, director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, said past weather patterns can lull people into a false sense of security.
—Lauren Sausser and Holly K. Hacker, The Tennessean, 30 Dec. 2024
Experts worry that tracking teens’ locations can turn into a slippery slope that can at times hinder a teen’s relationship with their parents and harm their developing sense of autonomy, as well as create a false sense of security.
—Sara Novak, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
Newsom in his veto message said the legislation, while well-intentioned, could give the public false sense of security about the new, rapidly developing technology.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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