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• save someone's life — 1) to stop someone from dying A man who was passing saved her life by pulling her out of the water. 2) informal to do something that helps someone a lot Thanks for the lift – you saved my life! …   English dictionary

• save someone's bacon — If something saves your bacon, it saves your life or rescues you from a desperate situation. People can also save your bacon …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• save someone's bacon — verb a) To save someones life. ...an anxious eye had been kept on the pinnace and the vessel she was chasing. Shes up to her, cried Desmond, who was looking through his glass; she struck without a blow, and there go our fellows tumbling on board …   Wiktionary

• save someone's skin — verb a) To save someones life. b) to prevent an undesirable occurrence Syn: save someones bacon …   Wiktionary

• save someone's bacon —    If something saves your bacon, it saves your life or rescues you from a desperate situation. People can also save your bacon.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Save someone's bacon —   If something saves your bacon, it saves your life or rescues you from a desperate situation. People can also save your bacon …   Dictionary of English idioms

• life — [ laıf ] (plural lives [ laıvz ] ) noun *** ▸ 1 time from birth to death ▸ 2 way of living, experience ▸ 3 state of being alive ▸ 4 living things ▸ 5 time something exists/lasts ▸ 6 activity/excitement ▸ 7 in games ▸ 8 life imprisonment ▸ +… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• save — save1 [ seıv ] verb *** ▸ 1 help someone/something avoid harm ▸ 2 avoid using something ▸ 3 help someone avoid doing something ▸ 4 keep something for future ▸ 5 in computing ▸ 6 stop point being scored ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to make it… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• save — I UK [seɪv] / US verb Word forms save : present tense I/you/we/they save he/she/it saves present participle saving past tense saved past participle saved *** 1) a) [transitive] to make it possible for someone or something to avoid danger, harm,… …   English dictionary

• save — 1. verb 1) the captain was saved by his crew Syn: rescue, come to someone s rescue, save someone s life; set free, free, liberate, deliver, extricate; bail out; informal save someone s bacon/neck/skin 2) the farmhouse has been saved from… …   Thesaurus of popular words