save (redirected from save (one's) breath)

To except, reserve, or exempt; as where a statute saves vested—fixed—rights. To toll, or suspend the running or operation of; as, to save the Statute of Limitations.

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save conjunction bar, barring, besides, but for, excepting, lacking, leaving out, not including, short of, without

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save preposition but, except, exclusive of, less, minus

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save (Conserve), verb hold, keep safe, preserve, redeem, salvage

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save (Hold back), verb economize, hoard, keep, reserve, retain

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save (Rescue), verb avert, defend, fend off, give salvaaion, help, liberate, protect, safeguard, shield

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See also: conserve, deposit, extricate, free, fund, garner, glean, hold, keep, maintain, perpetuate, possess, preserve, prolong, protect, release, remedy, renew, rescue, reserve, retain, shelter, store, sustain, unless