saved someone's bacon

Verb

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

1. Synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).
   • [A]n anxious eye had been kept on the pinnace and the vessel she was chasing. "She's up to her," cried Desmond, who was looking through his glass; "she struck without a blow, and there go our fellows tumbling on board. Little doubt, however, about her being a slaver, though, as they must have seen...1876, W.H.G. Kingston, The Three Commanders

   Synonyms:

   save someone's life