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harm noun [ hɑːm ]

• physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted.
• "I didn't mean to cause him any harm"
Similar: injury, hurt, pain, suffering, distress, anguish, trauma, torment, grief, damage, impairment, destruction, loss, ruin, defacement, defilement, mischief,
Opposite: benefit,

harm verb

• physically injure.
• "the villains didn't harm him"
Similar: injure, hurt, wound, maltreat, mistreat, misuse, ill-treat, ill-use, abuse, molest, inflict pain on, inflict suffering on, handle/treat roughly, do violence to, lay a finger on, damage, spoil, mar, destroy, do mischief to, impair, deface, defile, blemish, tarnish, taint,
Opposite: benefit, improve,
Origin: Old English hearm (noun), hearmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Harm and Old Norse harmr ‘grief, sorrow’.

come to no harm

• be unhurt or undamaged.
"yachts with experienced crews generally come to no harm"

do more harm than good

• inadvertently make a situation worse rather than better.
"hasty legislation does more harm than good"

do no harm

• used to indicate that a situation or action will not hurt someone, whether or not it will provide any benefit.
"the diet of milk and zwieback certainly did him no harm"

mean no harm

• not intend to cause damage or insult.
"this was cruel, but they meant no harm by it"

no harm done

• used to reassure someone that what they have done has caused no real damage or problems.
"there's no harm done in this case but you really must be chary of giving invitations to people we don't know"

no harm, no foul

• used to indicate that a mistake or instance of misconduct should be excused because it has not caused damage.
"strictly speaking it was petty trespassing, but no harm, no foul"

out of harm's way

• in a safe place.
"some of the fortune was placed overseas out of harm's way"

there is no harm in ——

• the specified course of action may not be guaranteed success but is at least unlikely to have unwelcome repercussions.
"other stores may be offering similar deals—there's no harm in asking"

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