- save for
- save for: not including (someone or something) : except for (someone or something)
The park was deserted save for a few joggers.
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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save for a rainy day — save for a time of need … English contemporary dictionary
save for a rainy day — save (something) for a rainy day to keep an amount of money for a time in the future when it might be needed. She has a couple of thousand pounds kept aside which she s saving for a rainy day … New idioms dictionary
save for a rainy day — save money for a time when you really need it Ed and Vi spend little money. They re saving for a rainy day … English idioms
save for a rainy day — See: RAINY DAY … Dictionary of American idioms
save for a rainy day — See: RAINY DAY … Dictionary of American idioms
save\ for\ a\ rainy\ day — See: rainy day … Словарь американских идиом
save — [seɪv] verb 1. also save something → up [intransitive, transitive] FINANCE to keep or collect money to use later, especially when you gradually add more money over a period of time: • She saves £200 a month from her salary. • We want to increase… … Financial and business terms
save — [v1] rescue bail out, come to rescue, defend, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook*, get out of hock*, give a break, liberate, pull out of fire*, ransom, recover, redeem, salvage, save one’s neck*, set free, spring, unchain,… … New thesaurus
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
