just in case

just in case
just in case
in the event that (something happens). •

All right. I'll take it just in case.

I'll take along some aspirin, just in case.

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{adv. phr.} For an emergency; in order to be protected. * /"Here are my house keys. Sue," Tom said. "I'll be back in two weeks, but you should have them, just in case..."/ See: IN CASE.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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