save the day
idiom
: to make a bad situation end successfully
Just when things looked hopeless, my brother came along and saved the day.
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Elsbeth’s superpowers of noticing details others don’t and then asking questions about them until a discernible pattern emerges save the day.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
And of course kids loved pretending to fight crime and save the day.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 Nov. 2024
When the plot or other actors falter, Domingo is there to save the day, even if Muncie can't save himself.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
The story picks up five years later with the three Brenner brothers stepping in to save the day when the director of Luke's son's school musical suddenly steps down.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
And of course kids loved pretending to fight crime and save the day.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 Nov. 2024
When the plot or other actors falter, Domingo is there to save the day, even if Muncie can't save himself.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
The story picks up five years later with the three Brenner brothers stepping in to save the day when the director of Luke's son's school musical suddenly steps down.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Save the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/save%20the%20day. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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