"save something for a rainy day" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-save something for a rainy day.ogg [Australia] Forms: save for a rainy day [canonical], saves something for a rainy day [present, singular, third-person], saving something for a rainy day [participle, present], saved something for a rainy day [participle, past], saved something for a rainy day [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=save (something) for a rainy day}} save (something) for a rainy day (third-person singular simple present saves something for a rainy day, present participle saving something for a rainy day, simple past and past participle saved something for a rainy day)
  1. (idiomatic) To save something just in case one may need it. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: nest egg, safety cushion, war chest Translations (Translations): mettre de côté (French), etwas auf die hohe Kante legen (German), guardar algo por si vienen mal dadas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-save_something_for_a_rainy_day-en-verb-7NTl8tTM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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