googling for the origins of safe and sound I found these quotes:
Sound is also used as a nautical term as a verb: meaning to measure or probe the depths or to dive quickly
Safe and sound... to be sound means: in good condition, free from defect or damage, secured, having a firm foundation.
Safe means to be out of harm's way. So "safe and sound" would mean that a person is no longer in harm's way and they are in good condition/undamaged."
I like this a lot
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