to save (for)
1save for — not including (someone or something) : except for (someone or something) The park was deserted save for a few joggers. • • • Main Entry: ↑save …
2save for a rainy day — save for a time of need …
3save for a rainy day — save (something) for a rainy day to keep an amount of money for a time in the future when it might be needed. She has a couple of thousand pounds kept aside which she s saving for a rainy day …
4save for a rainy day — save money for a time when you really need it Ed and Vi spend little money. They re saving for a rainy day …
5save for a rainy day — See: RAINY DAY …
6save for a rainy day — See: RAINY DAY …
7save\ for\ a\ rainy\ day — See: rainy day …
8save — [seɪv] verb 1. also save something → up [intransitive, transitive] FINANCE to keep or collect money to use later, especially when you gradually add more money over a period of time: • She saves £200 a month from her salary. • We want to increase… …
9save — [v1] rescue bail out, come to rescue, defend, deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook*, get out of hock*, give a break, liberate, pull out of fire*, ransom, recover, redeem, salvage, save one’s neck*, set free, spring, unchain,… …
10save — save1 [ seıv ] verb *** ▸ 1 help someone/something avoid harm ▸ 2 avoid using something ▸ 3 help someone avoid doing something ▸ 4 keep something for future ▸ 5 in computing ▸ 6 stop point being scored ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to make it… …
