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save appearances

save appearances verb: synonym of keep up appearances.

Verb

save appearances (third-person singular simple present saves appearances, present participle saving appearances, simple past and past participle saved appearances)

  1. Synonym of keep up appearances.

Synonyms of save appearances

Forms of save appearances

third-person singular presentsaves appearances
present participlesaving appearances
past participlesaved appearances
pastsaved appearances

Questions about save appearances

What does save appearances mean?
Save appearances means synonym of keep up appearances.
What part of speech is save appearances?
Save appearances is a verb.
What is the past tense of save appearances?
The past tense of save appearances is saved appearances.

Words near save appearances in the dictionary

  1. Savases
  2. Savastano
  3. Savastanos
  4. savate
  5. save
  6. save appearances
  7. save as
  8. save back
  9. save by the bell
  10. save down
  11. save face

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