[V] (old-fashioned, formal) to make a mistake:
To err is human...
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err on the side of sth 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). * to err on the side of generosity / safety
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for err is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is err a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, err is tagged as verb.
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