"save someone's skin" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "saves someone's skin",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saving someone's skin",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved someone's skin",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved someone's skin",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To save someone's life."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal) To save someone's life."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "save someone's bacon"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:",
          "text": "Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent an undesirable occurrence."
      ],
      "id": "en-save_someone's_skin-en-verb-cneSnFlS"
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  "word": "save someone's skin"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saves someone's skin",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saving someone's skin",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved someone's skin",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved someone's skin",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To save someone's life."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, informal) To save someone's life."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prevent an undesirable occurrence."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "save someone's bacon"
    }
  ],
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