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saves the furniture

saves the furniture is the third-person singular simple present indicative of save the furniture.

Meaning of save the furniture

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, Canada, UK, idiomatic) To salvage something positive from a calamitous situation, especially one involving the reputation or fate of a political party.
    • [S]winging progressives were keen to consolidate the diving Labor vote and save the furniture so that a reasonably-sized progressive opposition party could live to fight another day.2013 October 4, Christopher Drew, “Why the Greens were the real election losers”, in ABC News, Australia, retrieved 04 Dec 2016

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Saves the furniture is the third-person singular simple present indicative of save the furniture.

Words near saves the furniture in the dictionary

  1. saves someone's face
  2. saves someone's life
  3. saves someone's skin
  4. saves something for a rainy day
  5. saves the day
  6. saves the furniture
  7. saves up
  8. saves versus
  9. saves vs.
  10. savescum
  11. savescummed

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