"save someone's face" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: saves someone's face [present, singular, third-person], saving someone's face [participle, present], saved someone's face [participle, past], saved someone's face [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} save someone's face (third-person singular simple present saves someone's face, present participle saving someone's face, simple past and past participle saved someone's face)
  1. (idiomatic) to preserve someone's pride, especially as defined by customary social settings. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: save face
    Sense id: en-save_someone's_face-en-verb-slu0xz2~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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