err
verbNAmE//ɛr//, NAmE//ər//
[intransitive] (old-fashioned) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they err he / she / it errs
past simple erred
-ing form erring
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to show too much of a good quality I thought it was better to err on the side of caution (= to be too careful rather than take a risk).
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