"save the day" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "saves the day",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saving the day",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved the day",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved the day",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "ref": "1881, Horatio Alger, chapter 25, in From Canal Boy to President or The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield",
          "text": "[H]e acted as chief of staff to General Rosecranz, aiding his superior officer at a most critical point in the battle by advice which had an important influence in saving the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, Arthur B. Reeve, chapter 6, in The Poisoned Pen",
          "text": "“It's Paddy,” cried Craig. “If he can bring them all out safely without the loss of a life he'll save the day yet.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 June 24, John Skow with et al., “Life In The Age Of Lyme”, in Time, archived from the original on 2011-06-30",
          "text": "An effective vaccine would save the day and last year researchers at Yale were reporting some progress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 May 28, Eugene Robinson, “The ravages of the Clinton campaign”, in San Francisco Chronicle",
          "text": "Maybe a strapping woodsman will come along and save the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rescue a person or situation from imminent danger or major failure."
      ],
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        [
          "rescue",
          "rescue"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "imminent",
          "imminent"
        ],
        [
          "danger",
          "danger"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, sometimes humorous) To rescue a person or situation from imminent danger or major failure."
      ],
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        "humorous",
        "idiomatic",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "save the day"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "saves the day",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saving the day",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved the day",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saved the day",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English predicates",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1881, Horatio Alger, chapter 25, in From Canal Boy to President or The Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1912, Arthur B. Reeve, chapter 6, in The Poisoned Pen",
          "text": "“It's Paddy,” cried Craig. “If he can bring them all out safely without the loss of a life he'll save the day yet.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 June 24, John Skow with et al., “Life In The Age Of Lyme”, in Time, archived from the original on 2011-06-30",
          "text": "An effective vaccine would save the day and last year researchers at Yale were reporting some progress.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 May 28, Eugene Robinson, “The ravages of the Clinton campaign”, in San Francisco Chronicle",
          "text": "Maybe a strapping woodsman will come along and save the day.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To rescue a person or situation from imminent danger or major failure."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "rescue",
          "rescue"
        ],
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          "situation",
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        ],
        [
          "imminent",
          "imminent"
        ],
        [
          "danger",
          "danger"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, sometimes humorous) To rescue a person or situation from imminent danger or major failure."
      ],
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        "humorous",
        "idiomatic",
        "sometimes"
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