save appearances in English

Forms: saves appearances [present, singular, third-person], saving appearances [participle, present], saved appearances [participle, past], saved appearances [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=save appearances}} save appearances (third-person singular simple present saves appearances, present participle saving appearances, simple past and past participle saved appearances)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saves appearances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saving appearances",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved appearances",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved appearances",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*",
        "head": "save appearances"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of keep up appearances."
      ],
      "id": "en-save_appearances-en-verb-~GU7Bpn3",
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          ],
          "word": "keep up appearances"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "save appearances"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saves appearances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saving appearances",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved appearances",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved appearances",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "head": "save appearances"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of keep up appearances."
      ],
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        [
          "keep up appearances",
          "keep up appearances#English"
        ]
      ],
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        {
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          ],
          "word": "keep up appearances"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "save appearances"
}

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"save appearances" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms