save someone's face
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[edit]Verb
[edit]save someone's face (third-person singular simple present saves someone's face, present participle saving someone's face, simple past and past participle saved someone's face)
- (idiomatic) to preserve someone's pride, especially as defined by customary social settings.
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[edit]- “save someone’s face”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.