caution sign

Danger ahead notice

A caution sign is a notice warning of potential hazards or dangers ahead.

Yellow caution signs alert drivers to curves, pedestrian crossings, or slippery conditions.

In workplaces, they mark wet floors or dangerous equipment: Someone had knocked over the caution sign, and I slipped on the wet tile.

The phrase sometimes extends figuratively to any warning signal: His evasive answers were a caution sign.

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safety first · alert · roadwork · men at work · wet floor · slippery · cone · barrier · detour · dead end · no entry · do not enter · exclamation · proceed · careful · slow · watch · watch your step

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Signal meaning proceed

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G