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caution
(redirected from throw caution to the winds)

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caution
1. Law chiefly Brit a formal warning given to a person suspected or accused of an offence that his words will be taken down and may be used in evidence
2. a notice entered on the register of title to land that prevents a proprietor from disposing of his land without a notice to the person who entered the caution


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And when the next set of blizzards descend on North Wales, be it this winter or next, will they heed police warnings to keep off the roads or will they throw caution to the winds and end up stranded in a snowdrift, for fear of losing pay?
 
 
 
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