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to one's rescue

to one's rescue prepositional phrase: to the rescue.

Prepositional phrase

  1. to the rescue
    • "But here is the good Bolsover to your rescue." The worthy grocer had caught sight of them through the window and came bustling out, untying his white apron.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Questions about to one's rescue

What does to one's rescue mean?
To one's rescue means to the rescue.
What part of speech is to one's rescue?
To one's rescue is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to one's rescue in the dictionary

  1. to one's heart's content
  2. to one's knowledge
  3. to one's mind
  4. to one's name
  5. to one's own cheek
  6. to one's rescue
  7. to one's way of thinking
  8. to oneself
  9. to order
  10. to overflowing
  11. to perfection

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