safety in numbers

Idioms In English

What Does “safety in numbers” mean?

Definition:

safety in numbers is the hypothesis that, by being part of a large physical group or mass, an individual is proportionally less likely to be the victim of a mishap, accident, attack, or other bad event.

Example(s)

Nobody went sightseeing alone, knowing that there was safety in numbers.

This idiom is in the numbers category.
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