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  • 61save — 1. verb 1) the captain was saved by his crew Syn: rescue, come to someone s rescue, save someone s life; set free, free, liberate, deliver, extricate; bail out; informal save someone s bacon/neck/skin 2) the farmhouse has been saved from… …

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  • 62save up — phrasal verb Word forms save up : present tense I/you/we/they save up he/she/it saves up present participle saving up past tense saved up past participle saved up 1) [intransitive/transitive] same as save I, 4), b) She spent all the money I had… …

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  • 63save up — v. (D; intr.) to save up for (to save up for a new tape recorder) * * * (D; intr.) to save up for (to save up for a new tape recorder) …

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  • 64save — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. rescue, deliver, preserve, salvage, safeguard; store, lay up, keep, hoard; redeem, convert; spare, avoid; economize, conserve. See preservation, piety. prep. saving, except[ing], barring, but,… …

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  • 65save up — verb accumulate money for future use He saves half his salary • Syn: ↑save, ↑lay aside • Derivationally related forms: ↑savings (for: ↑save) • H …

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  • 66save — 1. noun /seɪv/ a) In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring. The goaltender made a great save. b) When a relief pitcher comes into a game with a 3 run or less lead, and his team wins while continually being ahead. Jones… …

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  • 67save — Synonyms and related words: abet, abstain, accumulate, aid, amass, anticipate, aside from, assist, avail, avert, backlog, bail out, bar, barring, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, beside, besides, bottle up, but, cache, collect, comfort, conserve,… …

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  • 68save — English has two distinct words save, which come from the same ultimate source, but have entered the language along very different routes. That source was Latin salvus ‘unharmed’, ancestor of English safe. Its ablative form salvō was used as a… …

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  • 69save — English has two distinct words save, which come from the same ultimate source, but have entered the language along very different routes. That source was Latin salvus ‘unharmed’, ancestor of English safe. Its ablative form salvō was used as a… …

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  • 70SAVE — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index save noun economy adjective economical verb economize, save, scrimp waste extravagance, luxury …

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