save someone's life

English

Verb

save someone's life (third-person singular simple present saves someone's life, present participle saving someone's life, simple past and past participle saved someone's life)

1. To prevent someone from dying.
   • 2025 January 20, Donald Trump, Inaugural Address (2025):

     Just a few months ago in a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin's bullet ripped through my ear, but I felt then and believe even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to Make America Great Again.

2. To prevent someone from getting into trouble.

Synonyms

• save someone's ass
• save someone's bacon
• save someone's skin