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save your (own) hide — save your (own) ˈskin/ˈhide/ˈneck idiom to try to avoid death, punishment, etc, especially by leaving others in an extremely difficult situation • To save his own skin, he lied and blamed the accident on his friend. Main entry: ↑saveidiom … Useful english dictionary
save your (own) skin — save your (own) ˈskin/ˈhide/ˈneck idiom to try to avoid death, punishment, etc, especially by leaving others in an extremely difficult situation • To save his own skin, he lied and blamed the accident on his friend. Main entry: ↑saveidiom … Useful english dictionary
save your (own) neck — save your (own) ˈskin/ˈhide/ˈneck idiom to try to avoid death, punishment, etc, especially by leaving others in an extremely difficult situation • To save his own skin, he lied and blamed the accident on his friend. Main entry: ↑saveidiom … Useful english dictionary
save someone's hide — save your/someone’s/hide informal phrase to save yourself or someone else from being punished or from suffering Thesaurus: to escape or avoid punishmentsynonym punishment of being legally killedhyponym … Useful english dictionary
save someone's skin — save someone’s skin/neck/bacon/informal phrase to help someone or yourself to avoid a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially in a way that is not very brave You tried to use my name to save your neck. Thesaurus: to protect or defend… … Useful english dictionary
hide — hide1 [ haıd ] (past tense hid [ hıd ] ; past participle hidden [ hıdn ] ) verb *** 1. ) transitive to put something in a place so that no one can find or see it: hide something in/at/under etc. something: She hid the key in the drawer. hide… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hide — I UK [haɪd] / US verb Word forms hide : present tense I/you/we/they hide he/she/it hides present participle hiding past tense hid UK [hɪd] / US past participle hidden UK [ˈhɪd(ə)n] / US *** 1) [transitive] to put something in a place so that no… … English dictionary
hide — I [[t]haɪd[/t]] v. hid, hid•den hid, hid•ing, 1) to conceal from sight; prevent from being seen or discovered 2) to obstruct the view of; cover up: The sun was hidden by the clouds[/ex] 3) to conceal from knowledge or exposure; keep secret: to… … From formal English to slang
save face — {v. phr.} To save your good reputation, popularity, or dignity when something has happened or may happen to hurt you; hide something that may cause you shame. * /The policeman was caught accepting a bribe; he tried to save face by claiming it was … Dictionary of American idioms
save face — {v. phr.} To save your good reputation, popularity, or dignity when something has happened or may happen to hurt you; hide something that may cause you shame. * /The policeman was caught accepting a bribe; he tried to save face by claiming it was … Dictionary of American idioms
