Synonym / Alternate expression for “for fear that”?
How can someone help me on here? I use it every day for a week now and it’s been nagging me in my head all afternoon for two days now. I swear I’ve heard a more literary alternative for this one before.
I’m looking for a synonym or different expression for (for fear) but no others in this. I’m thinking of a synonym , but no other words, and no doubt my guess is wrong.
What kind of thing comes to mind if God forbid? Though it has a completely different meaning, “by dint of” keeps presenting itself I think because the one that’s eluding me is also a prepositional phrase, maybe two words.
Lest
that —often used after an expression denoting fear or apprehension worried lest
she should be late hesitant to
speak out lest he be fired he should
talk through him.
When doing something for the purpose of delaying trouble vs doing something with reservations that may go wrong?
Might go wrong then doing it anyway:
- something a
bit differently to reduce risk due to uncertainty
-
out of saftey
-
concerns at the risk
-
of rain delayed; we had contigency plans. to plan for
the possibility of rain delay
