save for a rainy day in English

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

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

Inflected forms

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    {
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        "To keep some money back for possible expensive problems in the future."
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To keep some money back for possible expensive problems in the future."
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    {
      "form": "saves for a rainy day",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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"save for a rainy day" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms