Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 15 compound words that contain saves. The most common are listed below. Open saves in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- saves the daythird-person singular simple present indicative of save the day: To rescue a person or situation from imminent danger or major failure.
- saves the furniturethird-person singular simple present indicative of save the furniture: To salvage something positive from a calamitous situation, especially one involving the reputation or fate of a political party.
- a stitch in time saves nineA little effort expended sooner to fix a small problem prevents it from becoming a larger problem requiring more effort to fix later.
- auto-savesplural of auto-save: A software facility that saves an open document (or progress in a game, etc.) periodically to avoid the risk of data loss.
- death savesplural of death save: A maneuver in which the player roughly shifts the entire machine in an attempt to bring the ball back into play when it is almost certain to drain otherwise.
- game savesplural of game save: A block of saved data, representing the player's progress in a game, that can be restored at a later time for continued play.
- re-savesthird-person singular simple present indicative of re-save: to save again.
- reaction savesplural of reaction save: The instinctive blocking of the ball by a goalkeeper.
- saves downthird-person singular simple present indicative of save down: To write a computer file to disk.
- saves facethird-person singular simple present indicative of save face: To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.
- saves overthird-person singular simple present indicative of save over: To save a piece of data in place of other data; to overwrite.
- saves upthird-person singular simple present indicative of save up: To accumulate money, especially for a specific, planned expenditure.
- saves versusthird-person singular simple present indicative of save versus: Synonym of save vs..
- saves vs.third-person singular simple present indicative of save vs: In certain games, to successfully guard against a particular danger.
- saves appearancesthird-person singular simple present indicative of save appearances: To artificially maintain an outward sign of normality; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety.
- blown savesplural of blown save: A failure to convert a save opportunity to a save.
- saves by the bellthird-person singular simple present indicative of save by the bell: In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being …
- saves for a rainy daythird-person singular simple present indicative of save for a rainy day: To keep some money back for possible expensive problems in the future.
- saves something for a rainy daythird-person singular simple present indicative of save something for a rainy day: To save something just in case one may need it.
- saves one's breaththird-person singular simple present indicative of save one's breath: To refrain from speech; to be quiet, especially where it would have no useful effect to speak.
- saves one's breath to cool one's porridgethird-person singular simple present indicative of save one's breath to cool one's porridge: To refrain from speech where it is futile or not wanted; to shut up.
- saves one's neckthird-person singular simple present indicative of save one's neck: To escape without injury.
- saves one's skinthird-person singular simple present indicative of save one's skin: To escape without injury.
- saves someone's baconthird-person singular simple present indicative of save someone's bacon: Synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).
- saves someone's facethird-person singular simple present indicative of save someone's face: to preserve someone's pride, especially as defined by customary social settings.
Compound words 15
- autosavesplural of autosave: A software facility that saves an open document (or progress in a game, etc.) periodically to avoid the risk of data loss.
- dissavesthird-person singular simple present indicative of dissave: To spend more than one earns.
- gamesavesplural of gamesave: A block of saved data, representing the player's progress in a game, that can be restored at a later time for continued play.
- multisavesplural of multisave: A promotion offering the buyer a saving when he/she purchases several of the same item.
- outsavesthird-person singular simple present indicative of outsave: To save more money than.
- oversavesthird-person singular simple present indicative of oversave: To save more money than is necessary or prudent.
- quicksavesthird-person singular simple present indicative of quicksave: To save progress in one's game with a rapid keystroke, without needing to, e.g., reach a checkpoint.
- savescummedsimple past and past participle of savescum
- savescummingpresent participle and gerund of savescum
- savescumsthird-person singular simple present indicative of savescum: To reload the last saved game whenever the player character dies or an unfavorable outcome has been encountered.