save one's skin en · VERB
Meanings
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To escape without injury.
Boris Johnson has been accused of changing the ministerial code to help “save his skin” ahead of a new Partygate inquiry that could publish more photos and subject him to a public grilling by MPs.
2022 May 27, Rowena Mason, Aubrey Allegretti, “Boris Johnson accused of changing ministerial code to ‘save his skin’”, in The Guardian:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| saved one's skin | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| saved one's skin | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| saving one's skin | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| saves one's skin | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (8)
tr paçayı kurtarmak (Translations) · fi pelastaa nahkansa (Translations) · tr başını kurtarmak (Translations) · fr sauver sa peau (Translations) · tr postu kurtarmak (Translations) · pl ratować skórę (Translations) · bg спасявам си кожата (Translations) · pl uratować skórę (Translations)