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• Only the parties may institute proceedings, save where the law shall provide otherwise. - 2009, Nicolas Brooke (translator), French Code of Civil Procedure in English 2008, Article 1 of Book One, quoted after: 2016,...
• Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a...

• As 1942 began, work was now continuing apace on getting the ships back afloat and into dock. The first good news in this regard was West Virginia. Thanks to a combination of Tennessees unintentional save' and the crew's...
• It is no coincidence that two of the four 'saves' on our tour connect with the early days of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR), where restoration has also been helped by recent research that explains further why...

1. In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.

   • The goaltender made a great save.
   • Wolves defender Ronald Zubar was slightly closer with his shot on the turn as he forced Pepe Reina, on his 200th Premier League appearance, into a low save. - 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1...

2. (baseball) A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.

   • Jones retired seven to earn the save.

3. (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.

   • The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.

4. (informal) An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.

   • Nice save.

• If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save.
• The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.

• Under the terms of the Interdict no church services and offices were to be permitted save the baptism of infants and the confession of the dying. - 2004, David Carpenter, The Penguin History of Britain: The Struggle for...

• She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.
• We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire.
• Turn out the light Don't try to save me You may be wrong for all I know But you may be right - 1980 March 7, Billy Joel, “You May Be Right”, in Glass Houses:

1. To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.

2. To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.

   • Thou hast[…]quitted all to save / A world from utter loss. - 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd...
   • IF IT SAVES JUST ONE LIFE You often hear a new policy or procedure justified by the specious idea that "If it saves the life of just one (insert here 'child' or 'American soldier'), it will be worth it." Well, maybe...

3. To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.

   • I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done. - 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, &...

4. (Christianity) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.

   • Jesus Christ came to save sinners.

5. (sports) To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).

   • Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus de Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back...

6. (baseball) To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.

• Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.

Coordinate Terms: lay aside lay away lay by lay in lay up put aside put away put by store away store up

1. (transitive) To store for future use.

2. (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.

   • Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.
   • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’. - 1977,...
   • However, we’ve reached the stage where our technological leaps and bounds no longer save us hours, or even minutes – they shave only seconds from our day-to-day tasks. - 2019 May 21, Dylan Curran, “Facial recognition...

3. (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.

   • Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? - 1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

4. (transitive, intransitive, computing, video games) To write a file to disk or other storage medium.

   • Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.
   • You can only save your current session at the Presidential Seals scattererd throughout the game. - 2008, “Story Mode”, in Cory in the House: Instruction Booklet, Burbank, California: Disney Interactive Studios;...

5. (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.

6. (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.

7. (transitive, gambling, slang, archaic) To make an agreement to give (some amount of money) to a fellow gambler if one wins, and to receive that amount from them if they win, as a form of hedging.

   • to save a fiver

8. (reflexive, often with "for") To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.

   • She told me she's saving herself for marriage.
   • Ryder: Come on—you two were intimate, right? Peebee: Take a wild guess. Why are people so hung up on sex? It's a natural expression of attraction. Peebee: We were doing exciting, daring, irreverent things. It stirs...

9. (informal) To avoid saying something.

   • Save your excuses and lies.
   • School days went by. I ran across Sly a couple a times, but I wasn't in no mood to talk. He could save all that philosophical bullshit he liked to holla. Didn't nobody need to tell me what was up. - 2006, Noire...