come/go to the rescue of
idiom
: to save (someone or something) from danger or harm : to rescue
The policeman came/went to the rescue of the lost boy.
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Historians of World War II say America went abroad to come to the rescue of democracy in Europe and Asia, not because armies and navies were bearing down on our homeland.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 May 2024
Mainland Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba last week announced that its Alibaba Pictures unit and streaming service Youku would come to the rescue of the Hong Kong film industry, through some $640 million of investments over a period of five years.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Strangers in Indiana have come to the rescue of a Marine veteran who has been living out of his car since a 2020 fire destroyed his home.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said she was evicted from her hideaway office in the Capitol by Republican leadership, a day after her party declined to come to the rescue of now former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.).
—WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 May 2024
Mainland Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba last week announced that its Alibaba Pictures unit and streaming service Youku would come to the rescue of the Hong Kong film industry, through some $640 million of investments over a period of five years.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Strangers in Indiana have come to the rescue of a Marine veteran who has been living out of his car since a 2020 fire destroyed his home.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said she was evicted from her hideaway office in the Capitol by Republican leadership, a day after her party declined to come to the rescue of now former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.).
—WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
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“Come/go to the rescue of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%2Fgo%20to%20the%20rescue%20of. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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