save lives

idiom

: to stop people from dying or being killed

If you donate blood, you might save a life.

The use of seat belts can save lives.

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And because fentanyl and xylazine have infiltrated street drugs, providing kits to test for the presence of those substances, can save lives. —Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024

These plastics save lives, one decreed, featuring a girl in a hospital bed, wearing an oxygen mask. —Lisa Song, ProPublica, 10 May 2024

As is the case in Chicago, the argument was made that slower speeds would save lives, and, indeed, the data does show that lower vehicular speeds mean that more pedestrians survive accidents with automobiles. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024

Unlike other spirits of legend, this ghost serves a wholly altruistic purpose: to save lives. —Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 3 May 2024

But Tsai remained steadfast that the rule would save lives. —Timmy Broderick, STAT, 3 May 2024

At the same time, humans are increasingly in need of a safe, reliable source of power for the growing arsenal of implantable devices that researchers are developing to improve and save lives. —Ned Carter Miles, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2024

Could plugging a gap in U.S. intelligence save lives? —Bianca Moreno-Paz, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024

The change, first released as a draft last year, is a response to rising cancer rates among women in their 40s, as well as evidence that earlier mammograms help save lives. —Aria Bendix, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024