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verb
protect:
Try to save yourself from the fire.
verb
rescue:
We will save as many people as we can.
verb
keep:
We must save the water until later.
Simple Definitions
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save (sth) up
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to keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future
• It took me ages to save up enough money to go travelling.
• She's saving up for a new bike., save on sth
to avoid using something so that you do not have to pay for it
• It was a warm winter, so we saved on electricity.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): save oneself (for marriage)
Euph. to remain a virgin until marriage. • No, I can’t. I love you, but I’m saving myself for marriage. • His buddies teased him, asking if he was saving himself., Phrase(s): save (up) (for something)
to accumulate money in order to buy something. • I can’t buy a car because I am saving up for college. • I don’t have the money now, but I am saving up.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idioms beginning with SAVE, Also see PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED; RAINY DAY, SAVE FOR A; SCRIMP AND SAVE; TO SAVE ONE'S LIFE.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun ADJ. brilliant, excellent, fine, good, great, outstanding, spectacular, superb | crucial, important, vital | diving | one-handed VERB + SAVE bring off, make, pull off Casillas made some spectacular saves. PREP. ~ by/from some great saves from both keepers, verb keep sb/sth safe VERB + SAVE be able/unable to, can/could, may, might (just) It's a trick that might just save us from total disaster. | help (to) She helped save my career. | battle to, try to Doctors battled to save the little boy's life. | manage to We managed to save the animals from being put down. PREP. from They saved the paintings from destruction. PHRASES an attempt/effort to save sth a last, desperate attempt to save his marriage | a battle/bid/campaign to save sth not spend money ADV. up VERB + SAVE try to | manage to PREP. for I'm trying to save up for my holiday. in football/hockey ADV. brilliantly PREP. from The goalie saved brilliantly from Johnson's long-range shot.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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save
to gradually collect money by not spending all the money you have, especially when you regularly put some of it in a bank:
• She doesn’t earn much, but she still manages to save a few dollars each week. • We’re saving for a deposit to buy a house.
set/put aside
to regularly save part of the money you earn, especially over a long period of time:
• You should start setting aside part of your earnings as retirement savings.
scrimp and save
to try to save money by spending less on the things you need and by saving what you can, especially when you do not earn very much:
• My parents scrimped and saved for years to send me to college.
squirrel something away
informal to keep something, especially money, in a safe place to be used later:
• I wanted to surprise her, so I squirreled away a couple of dollars a week to spend on a present.
economize
to spend less money by buying only the things that you really need, or by buying cheaper things:
• Weddings can be expensive, but you can economize by doing some things yourself.
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