English Explanatory Dictionary

save someone's life

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To prevent someone from dying.
  2. To prevent someone from getting into trouble, or to rescue them from it.

Word forms

save someone's life saves someone's life saving someone's life saved someone's life

Synonyms

save someone's skin save someone's ass save someone's bacon pull someone's bacon out of the fire throw someone a rope

Related words

lifesaver lifesaving
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