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saving the furniture

saving the furniture is the present participle 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

Questions about saving the furniture

What is saving the furniture the present participle of?
Saving the furniture is the present participle of save the furniture.

Words near saving the furniture in the dictionary

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

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