save

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v

1. rescue, come to [s.o.'s] rescue, liberate, free, bail [s.o.] out; redeem, deliver, snatch from the jaws of death; salvage, Baseball, (of a relief pitcher) put out the fire.

2. protect, safeguard, guard, secure; shield, screen, cover, cloak, veil; keep, keep up, preserve, conserve, maintain, sustain, carry over.

3. reserve, husband, withhold, hold back, hold, hold in reserve, save for future use, save for a rainy day; set aside, put or lay aside, put away, lay away, lay by, lay up, stow away, squirrel away, salt away, Sl. sock away; store, store up, hoard, stockpile, amass, accumulate, pile up.

4. economize, scrimp, scrape, Inf. pinch pennies, Inf. tighten one's belt; waste not, want not; cut expenses, cut costs, buy wholesale, buy in bulk or quantity.

5. obviate, preclude, prevent, forestall, debar, rule out; keep on the safe side, cover all angles, leave nothing to chance.

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prep., conj. but, except, excepting, except for, with the exception of, saving, Inf. outside of; less, minus, leaving out, omitting, barring, not counting, discounting.