save+(verb)

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• 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 — I conjunction bar, barring, besides, but for, deducting, excepting, lacking, leaving out, not including, short of, without II preposition but, except, exclusive of, less, minus, omitting III (conserve) verb hold, keep safe, preserve, redeem,… …   Law dictionary

• save up — verb accumulate money for future use He saves half his salary • Syn: ↑save, ↑lay aside • Derivationally related forms: ↑savings (for: ↑save) • H …   Useful english dictionary

• save — Ⅰ. save [1] ► VERB 1) keep safe or rescue from harm or danger. 2) prevent from dying. 3) (in Christian use) preserve (a soul) from damnation. 4) store up for future use. 5) Computing keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location. 6) …   English terms dictionary

• save - safe — ◊ save Save is a verb. If you save someone, you rescue them from danger or death. He risked death to save his small daughter from a fire. If you save money, you gradually collect it by not spending it. They had managed to save …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 the day — verb To rescue a person or situation from imminent danger or major failure. An effective vaccine would save the day and last year researchers at Yale were reporting some progress …   Wiktionary

• save as — verb a) To enter a dialog box where the user can specify a filename, and such that when the filename is specified, an appropriate file will be saved with that name (even if it already has a different name). b) To specify a (possibly new) filename …   Wiktionary

• save face — verb To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve ones reputation or honour. He tried to make reparations to those he had injured, partly to save face …   Wiktionary

• save one's breath — verb To refrain from speech. If youre going to start in on me about coming back into the company save your breath. Theres no room here for me and you know it …   Wiktionary