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spare someone

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  • spare someone's feelings — spare someone’s feelings phrase to avoid doing something that would cause someone to feel sad or upset Don’t try to spare our feelings – tell us the truth. Thesaurus: to treat someone with great care or kindnesssynonym Main entry: spare * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spare someone's blushes — spare/save/someone’s blushes phrase to prevent someone from being embarrassed or ashamed by doing or saying something, or by avoiding doing or saying something He scored at the last minute, and spared England’s blushes. Thesaurus: to not be… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spare someone the details — phrase to not tell someone every detail about something because it is too boring, personal, or unpleasant I’ll spare you the details, but he wasn’t very complimentary. Thesaurus: to stop talking, or to not say anythingsynonym Main entry: spare *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spare (someone's) blushes — save/spare (someone s) blushes British & Australian to do something to prevent someone feeling embarrassed. Granger saved the team s blushes by scoring the only goal in the last five minutes of the game. The audience s blushes were spared because …   New idioms dictionary

  • spare someone the details — to not tell someone every detail about something because it is too boring, personal, or unpleasant I ll spare you the details, but he wasn t very complimentary …   English dictionary

  • spare someone's feelings — to avoid doing something that would cause someone to feel sad or upset Don t try to spare our feelings – tell us the truth …   English dictionary

  • spare someone's blushes — verb To save someone from embarrassment …   Wiktionary

  • spare — [sper] vt. spared, sparing [ME sparien < OE sparian, akin to spær, thrifty, Ger sparen, to save: see SPACE] 1. to treat with mercy or leniency; refrain from killing, injuring, troubling, or distressing; save 2. to save or free a person from… …   English World dictionary

  • spare the details — spare (someone) the details : to not tell someone all the unpleasant or boring details about something “I drank too much last night and got sick.” “Please, spare me the details.” • • • Main Entry: ↑spare …   Useful english dictionary

  • spare — spare1 [ sper ] adjective ** 1. ) only before noun a spare object is one that you keep in addition to other similar objects so that it is available if you need it: a spare key/battery/pair of glasses Bring a towel and some spare clothes. 2. )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • spare — I UK [speə(r)] / US [sper] adjective ** 1) [only before noun] a spare object is one that you keep in addition to other similar objects so that it is available if you need it a spare key/battery/pair of glasses Bring a towel and some spare clothes …   English dictionary

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