- save
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun in football/soccer, hockey, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ brilliant, excellent, fine, good, great, magnificent, outstanding, smart, spectacular, stunning, superb▪ crucial, important, vital▪ diving, one-handed, reflex▪ doubleVERB + SAVE▪ make, produce, pull off▪
Casillas made some spectacular saves.
PREPOSITION▪ save by, save from▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}some great saves from both goalkeepers
verb1 keep sb/sth safeADVERB▪ single-handedly▪ possibly, potentially, probably▪ literallyVERB + SAVE▪ be able to, can▪Nothing could save us from disaster.
▪ be unable to▪ may, might▪It's a trick that might just save us from total disaster.
▪ help (to), try to▪She helped save my career.
▪ battle to, be determined to, be on a mission to, fight to▪Doctors battled to save the little boy's life.
▪ find a way to, manage to▪We managed to save the animals from being put down.
PREPOSITION▪ from▪They saved the paintings from destruction.
PHRASES▪ an attempt to save sth, an effort to save sth▪a last desperate attempt to save his marriage
▪ a battle to save sth, a bid to save sth, a campaign to save sth, a fight to save sth▪ be responsible for saving sb/sth▪He is responsible for saving the lives of the aircrew.
▪ beyond saving▪The furniture was beyond saving.
2 not spend moneyADVERB▪ up▪I'm saving up to buy a new car.
VERB + SAVE▪ look to, try to▪ manage toPREPOSITION▪ for▪We're trying to save up for our honeymoon.
▪ on▪They're hoping to save on printing costs.
PHRASES▪ scrimp and save▪We scrimp and save to send our children to a private school.
▪ thereby saving▪We use video conferencing for our meetings, thereby saving thousands in travel expenses.
3 in football/soccer, hockey, etc.ADVERB▪ brilliantly, superbly▪ bravely, comfortablySave is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑firefighterSave is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bother, ↑breath, ↑cash, ↑civilization, ↑country, ↑coupon, ↑document, ↑earth, ↑electricity, ↑embarrassment, ↑energy, ↑environment, ↑expense, ↑file, ↑fuel, ↑hassle, ↑honour, ↑inconvenience, ↑life, ↑mankind, ↑marriage, ↑money, ↑neck, ↑penalty, ↑place, ↑planet, ↑receipt, ↑republic, ↑reputation, ↑sanity, ↑seat, ↑setting, ↑shot, ↑sight, ↑soul, ↑space, ↑strength, ↑time, ↑trouble, ↑victim, ↑whale, ↑wildlife, ↑world
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
