📒 to keep somebody/something safe from death, harm, loss, etc.
- save somebody/something to save somebody’s life
- Doctors were unable to save her.
- He's trying to save their marriage.
📒 to keep money instead of spending it, especially in order to buy a particular thing
- I'm not very good at saving.
- We scrimp and save to send our children to a private school.
- I'm saving up to buy a new car.
📒 to avoid wasting something or using more than necessary
- save something People are looking for ways to save money.
- We'll take a cab to save time.
- Recycling waste saves energy.
📒 to keep something to use or enjoy in the future or for somebody else to use
- save something for something/somebody He's saving his strength for the last part of the race.
- We'll eat some now and save some for tomorrow.
- Save some food for me.
📒 to make a computer keep data by putting a copy in a location where it will be stored
- We recommend you save regularly by clicking on the update button.
- save something Save data frequently.
- All your recent searches are automatically saved.
📒 to collect something because you like it or for a special purpose
- I've been saving theatre programmes for years.
- If you save ten tokens you can get a T-shirt.
📒 to avoid doing something difficult or unpleasant; to make somebody able to avoid doing something difficult or unpleasant
- save somebody from doing something The prize money saved her from having to find a job.
- save something She did it herself to save argument.
- save somebody something Thanks for sending that letter for me—it saved me a trip.
📒 to prevent an opponent’s shot from going in the goal
- to save a penalty
- The goalie saved Johnson's long-range shot.
- (British English) The goalie saved brilliantly from Johnson's long-range shot.
📒 to prevent a person's soul from going to hell
- The missionaries believed they were sent to save souls.
- A large poster proclaimed, ‘Jesus saves.’
📒 to be completely unable to do something
- He can't interview people to save his life.
📒 to rescue somebody from a very difficult situation
- He's out to save his own political neck.
📒 used to tell somebody that it is not worth wasting time and effort saying something because it will not change anything
- Save your breath—you'll never persuade her.
- It's useless talking to him—you may as well save your breath.
📒 to prevent failure or defeat, when this seems certain to happen
- Salah's late goal saved the day for Liverpool.
📒 to avoid or help somebody avoid being embarrassed
- She was fired, but she saved face by telling everyone she'd resigned.
📒 to try to avoid death, punishment, etc., especially by leaving others in an extremely difficult situation
- To save his own skin, he lied and blamed the accident on his friend.