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save someone's skin

save someone's skin verb: synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).
    • Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC

Synonyms of save someone's skin

Forms of save someone's skin

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

Questions about save someone's skin

What does save someone's skin mean?
Save someone's skin means synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).
What part of speech is save someone's skin?
Save someone's skin is a verb.
What is the past tense of save someone's skin?
The past tense of save someone's skin is saved someone's skin.

Words near save someone's skin in the dictionary

  1. save slot
  2. save slots
  3. save someone's bacon
  4. save someone's face
  5. save someone's life
  6. save someone's skin
  7. save something for a rainy day
  8. save state
  9. save states
  10. save the best for last
  11. save the date

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