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save one's skin

save one's skin verb: to escape without injury.

Verb

save one's skin (third-person singular simple present saves one's skin, present participle saving one's skin, simple past and past participle saved one's skin)

  1. To escape without injury.
    • Boris Johnson has been accused of changing the ministerial code to help “save his skin” ahead of a new Partygate inquiry that could publish more photos and subject him to a public grilling by MPs.2022 May 27, Rowena Mason, Aubrey Allegretti, “Boris Johnson accused of changing ministerial code to ‘save his skin’”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    save one's neck

Synonyms of save one's skin

Forms of save one's skin

third-person singular presentsaves one's skin
present participlesaving one's skin
past participlesaved one's skin
pastsaved one's skin

Questions about save one's skin

What does save one's skin mean?
Save one's skin means to escape without injury.
What part of speech is save one's skin?
Save one's skin is a verb.
What is the past tense of save one's skin?
The past tense of save one's skin is saved one's skin.

Words near save one's skin in the dictionary

  1. save harmless
  2. save it
  3. save one's breath
  4. save one's breath to cool one's porridge
  5. save one's neck
  6. save one's skin
  7. save over
  8. save point
  9. save points
  10. save shot
  11. save shots

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