This type of caution is typically practiced by institutions and larger private sector organisations seeking to minimise exposure to personal injury or similar legal claims but has during the early part of 2020 increasingly been adopted by individuals seeking to cover up their total panic on realising their previous publicly stated position on a matter of significant risk was riddled with hubris and incoherent bravado.
“...out of an abundance of caution, temperature checks are now being performed on any individuals who are in close contact with the President and Vice President...”
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Get the Castiel mug.Using four-way caution lights in a vehicle in order to signal cars behind you to pass to get the privacy you need for road head.
Nikki: Baby, I'm not doing this now, there are like five cars behind us!
Stevie: Give me a minute, I'll just give them the caution treatment and we'll be set!
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Guy 1: Man I don't even remember adding half of these people
Guy 2: I guess it's time to start a Friend-o-caust
Guy 2: I guess it's time to start a Friend-o-caust
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