"save shot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: save shots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} save shot (plural save shots)
  1. (medicine, slang) An injection of an anti-overdose medication given to a recreational drug user as an emergency measure in life-threatening circumstances. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-save_shot-en-noun-~h0TPv8b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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