save one's skin
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[edit]save one's skin (third-person singular simple present saves one's skin, present participle saving one's skin, simple past and past participle saved one's skin)
- To escape without injury.
- Synonym: save one's neck
- 2022 May 27, Rowena Mason, Aubrey Allegretti, “Boris Johnson accused of changing ministerial code to ‘save his skin’”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Boris Johnson has been accused of changing the ministerial code to help “save his skin” ahead of a new Partygate inquiry that could publish more photos and subject him to a public grilling by MPs.
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