save someone's life

verb

Definitions

  1. To prevent someone from dying.

    • The lifeguard saved the kid's life by doing CPR.
    • 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, or to rescue them from it.

    • My buddy saved my life by lending me a thousand bucks when I was dead broke.

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