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saved face

saved face is the simple past and past participle of save face.

Meaning of save face

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.
    • He tried to make reparations to those he had injured, partly to save face.

Questions about saved face

What is saved face the simple past and past participle of?
Saved face is the simple past and past participle of save face.

Words near saved face in the dictionary

  1. saved
  2. saved appearances
  3. saved as
  4. saved by the bell
  5. saved down
  6. saved face
  7. saved for a rainy day
  8. saved game
  9. saved games
  10. saved it
  11. saved one's breath

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saved face (page history and authors); save face (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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