SAVE ONE'S NECK

Meaning of SAVE ONE'S NECK in English

v. phr. , slang To save from danger or trouble. The fighter planes saved our skins while the army was landing from the ships. Betty saved Tim's neck by typing his report for him; without her help he could not have finished on time.

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SAVE ONE'S NECK — save oneself, look out for one's own interests
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SAVE ONE'S NECK — = save one's skin
Slang English vocab
SAVE ONE`S NECK — save from danger or trouble The worker tried to save his own neck without thinking of any of the other …
English Idioms vocab
SAVE ONE'S NECK — уйти целым и невредимым
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SAVE ONE'S NECK — уйти целым и невредимым
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAVE — I. ˈsāv verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English saven, from Old French sauver, salver, from Late Latin salvare, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NECK
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SAVE — save 1 — savable, saveable , adj. — savableness, saveableness , n. — saver , n. /sayv/ , v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NECK — — necker , n. — neckless , adj. — necklike , adj. /nek/ , n. 1. the part of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAVE — I. ˈsāv verb ( saved ; sav·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French salver, from Late Latin salvare, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAVE — conj except; unless. 2. save ·noun the herb sage, or salvia. 3. save ·adj to hold possession or use of; …
Webster English vocab
NECK — vt & ·vi to kiss and caress amorously. 2. neck ·noun the point where the base of the stem of …
Webster English vocab
SAVE — [save] vb saved ; sav.ing [ME, fr. OF salver, fr. LL salvare, fr. L salvus safe--more at safe] vt (13c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAVE — / seɪv; NAmE / verb , noun , preposition , conjunction ■ verb KEEP SAFE 1. [ vn ] save …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NECK — / nek; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the part of the body between the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAVE — I. save 1 S1 W1 /seɪv/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ save , ↑ saver , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NECK — I. neck 1 S2 W2 /nek/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hnecca ] 1 . PART …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAVE — prep. & conj. archaic or poet. --prep. except; but (all save him). --conj. (often foll. by for) unless; but; except …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAVE — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by from) rescue, preserve, protect, or deliver from danger, harm, discredit, etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NECK — n. & v. --n. 1 a the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders. b the part …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAVE — prep. & conj. archaic or poet. prep. except; but (all save him). conj. (often foll. by for) unless; but; except …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAVE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by from) rescue, preserve, protect, or deliver from danger, harm, discredit, etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NECK — n. & v. n. 1 a the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders. b the part …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAVE — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. (often foll. by from) rescue, preserve, protect, or deliver from danger, harm, discredit, …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
NECK — n. & v. --n. 1. a the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders. b the part …
Oxford English vocab
SAVE — ( saves, saving, saved) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NECK — ( necks, necking, necked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your neck …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAVE — (~s, saving, ~d) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SAVE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be saved from extinction ▪ There are hopes that the animals have now been …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NECK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crick in your back/neck ▪ He was getting a crick in his neck …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAVE — (KEEP) [verb] - to keep (something, esp. money) for use in the futureI've been saving for almost a year and …
Cambridge English vocab
SAVE — Synonyms and related words : abet, abstain, accumulate, aid, amass, anticipate, aside from, assist, avail, avert, backlog, bail out, bar, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NECK — See: BREATHE DOWN ONE'S NECK, BREAK ONE'S NECK, CATCH IT IN THE NECK or GET IT IN THE NECK, PAIN …
Slang English vocab
SAVE — I. noun in football/soccer, hockey, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ brilliant , excellent , fine , good , great , magnificent , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SAVE — INDEX: save money 1. to save money 2. to have money you have saved 3. the money you have saved …
Longman Activator English vocab
NECK — See ↑ KISS 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a pain in the neck • ↑ be breathing down sb's neck …
Longman Activator English vocab
SAVE — n. 25B6; verb the captain was saved by his crew : RESCUE, come to someone's rescue, save someone's life; set …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SAVE — < editor , programming , storage > To copy data to a more permanent form of storage. The term is …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
NECK — See: BREATHE DOWN ONE'S NECK, BREAK ONE'S NECK, CATCH IT IN THE NECK or GET IT IN THE NECK, PAIN …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SAVE — 1. гл. 1) спасать to save smb.'s life ≈ спасать жизнь (кому-л.) to save smb. from drowning ≈ спасать утопающего …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NECK — 1. сущ. 1) а) шея to break the neck ≈ свернуть шею to get it in the neck разг. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAVE — save.ogg 1. seıv n 1. остановка шайбы вратарём ( хоккей ) 2. предотвращение прорыва ( футбол ) to effect a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ONE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NECK — neck.ogg 1. nek n 1. 1> шея neck vertebrae - шейные позвонки to break one's neck - свернуть /сломать/ себе …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NECK — 1) шейка; поперечное сужение 2) горн. узкое вертикальное рудное тело 3) дымоход 4) насадка; мундштук; наконечник 5) выточка; кольцевая канавка …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
NECK — 1) шейка; поперечное сужение 2) горн. узкое вертикальное рудное тело 3) дымоход 4) насадка; мундштук; наконечник 5) выточка; кольцевая канавка 6) сил. садка 7) шейка (колонны) 8) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
NECK — 1) горловина 2) некк 3) нэк 4) цапфа прокатного валка 5) шейка 6) шея • botte neck problem — задача на узкие места bottle neck problem — задача …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SAVE — save гл.1) спасать to save smb.'s life — спасать жизнь (кому-л.) to save smb. from drowning — спасать утопающего save …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NECK — обниматься шея; горлышко (бутылки и т. п.); горловина; ворот платья, воротник; мундштук перешеек; коса; узкий пролив; наглость; to get it …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SAVE — 1. seıv n 1. остановка шайбы вратарём ( хоккей ) 2. предотвращение прорыва ( футбол ) to effect a save …
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