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

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Verb [English]

Forms: saves someone's life [present, singular, third-person], saving someone's life [participle, present], saved someone's life [participle, past], saved someone's life [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} save someone's life (third-person singular simple present saves someone's life, present participle saving someone's life, simple past and past participle saved someone's life)
  1. To prevent someone from dying. Synonyms: save someone's ass, save someone's bacon, save someone's skin
    Sense id: en-save_someone's_life-en-verb-KH2HwEvb
  2. To prevent someone from getting into trouble.
    Sense id: en-save_someone's_life-en-verb-9-d74~fH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
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