“save someone 's”

The following 4 entries include the term save someone 's.

save someone's bacon/hide/neck/skin

idiom

: to save someone : to help someone get out of a dangerous or difficult situation

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save someone's hide

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: to keep someone from being harmed

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save someone's life

idiom

: to stop (someone) from dying or being killed : to rescue (someone) who is in terrible danger

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to save someone's life

idiom

—used to say that someone is completely unable to do something

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