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save verb► save meplease save for me US, 1968. ► save right to the blossomin British Columbia logging, to fell a tall tree without breaking it CANADA, 1989
idiomsavesave it AmEAmEQuietspoken a rude expression used in order to tell someone to stop talking, because you do not want to hear their opinion or because their opinion cannot change the situation:Save it, Len - Dennis will never agree to a plan like that.Save it, will ya? I'm tired of listening to your excuses. —see also don't waste your breath phrasesave[saved, saved, saving]
save on 1. save on sth to spend less money on something than you did before: If I cycled to work I could save on petrol.save on bills/costs/rent We moved to a smaller apartment to save on rent. The official Energy Efficiency Unit suggests these easy ways of saving on heating costs.■ SIMILAR TO: economize (on)2. save on sth especially BrE to reduce the amount of work that you have to do, especially boring work: Let's use paper plates - it'll save on the washing up. A computerized system saves on paperwork.
save up
save up • save up sth • save sth up to keep money so that you can use it in the future, especially when you add more money every week, month etc: If you want to buy a car, you'll have to start saving up. We've saved up $2000 so far.+for I'm saving up for a holiday.
save (up) (for something)to accumulate money in order to buy something. I can't buy a car because I am saving up for college. I don't have the money now, but I am saving up. Save(one's) face Fig. to preserve one's good standing, pride, or high position (after a failure). The ambassador was more interested in saving his face than winning the argument. Most diplomats are concerned with saving face. See:- a penny saved is a penny earned
- a penny saved is a penny gained
- a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
- a stitch in time (saves nine)
- can't (do something) to save (one's) life
- can't do something to save your life
- couldn't (do something) to save (one's) life
- in the nick of time
- penny saved is a penny earned
- penny saved is a penny earned, a
- prophet is not without honor save in his own country
- rainy day, a
- Save
- save (an amount of) (money) on (something)
- save (one's) bacon
- save (one's) blushes
- save (one's) breath
- save (one's) face
- save (one's) hide
- save (one's) neck
- save (one's) own bacon
- save (one's) own hide
- save (one's) own neck
- save (one's) own skin
- save (one's) skin
- save (oneself) for marriage
- save (something) for a rainy day
- save (something) for another time/day/week/etc.
- save a bundle
- Save breath
- save face
- save face, to
- save for
- save for (someone or something)
- save for a rainy day
- save for a rainy day, to
- save from
- save from (someone or something)
- save it
- Save it!
- save money up
- save money up (for something)
- save on
- save one's bacon
- save one's breath
- save one's skin, to
- save oneself
- save room (for something)
- save skin
- save somebody's bacon
- save somebody's/your neck/skin/hide
- save someone's bacon
- save someone's face
- save someone's neck
- save someone's skin
- save the day
- save the day/situation
- save time
- save toward
- save toward (something)
- save up
- save up (for something)
- save your breath
- save your skin
- save, keep, etc. it for a rainy day
- save/spare somebody's blushes
- saved by the bell
- scrimp and save
- skimp and save
- spare someone's blushes
- stitch in time saves nine
- stitch in time saves nine, a
- stitch in time, a
- to save (one's) life
- to save life
- to save one's life
- to save your life
- you saved the day
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