sauver la mise

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /so.ve la miz/

Verb

sauver la mise

(intransitive) to save one's own skin
(transitive with à) to save someone's bacon, to pull someone's bacon out of the fire

See also

sauver les meubles

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