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save for a rainy day

save for a rainy day verb: to keep some money back for possible expensive problems in the future.

Verb

save for a rainy day (third-person singular simple present saves for a rainy day, present participle saving for a rainy day, simple past and past participle saved for a rainy day)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To keep some money back for possible expensive problems in the future.

Forms of save for a rainy day

third-person singular presentsaves for a rainy day
present participlesaving for a rainy day
past participlesaved for a rainy day
pastsaved for a rainy day

Questions about save for a rainy day

What does save for a rainy day mean?
Save for a rainy day means to keep some money back for possible expensive problems in the future.
What part of speech is save for a rainy day?
Save for a rainy day is a verb.
What is the past tense of save for a rainy day?
The past tense of save for a rainy day is saved for a rainy day.

Words near save for a rainy day in the dictionary

  1. save down
  2. save face
  3. save file
  4. save files
  5. save for
  6. save for a rainy day
  7. save harmless
  8. save it
  9. save one's breath
  10. save one's breath to cool one's porridge
  11. save one's neck

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