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due care

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Noun1.due care - the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty
ordinary care, reasonable care
guardianship, tutelage, care, charge - attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"


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The mistake has proceeded from not attending with due care to the mischiefs that may be occasioned by obstructing the progress of government at certain critical seasons.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
From this time my constant practice was, as soon as I rose, to perform that business in open air, at the full extent of my chain; and due care was taken every morning before company came, that the offensive matter should be carried off in wheel-barrows, by two servants appointed for that purpose.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
Taking due care to dismiss all ideas of Nature from my mind, to begin with, I looked at the pictures which represented the Passions first.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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