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Definition of save bacon in English English dictionary

save someone's bacon
To save someone's life

the tide being fortunately in our favour, we reached the Saint Vincent in good time, going up the accommodation ladder on the port side, which, as you know, is devoted to the use of the lower deck portion of the crew, just as Eight Bells struck. Ha, my lads, cried the Jaunty, who stood by the entry-port, you've just saved your bacon!.

save someone's bacon
to prevent an undesirable occurrence
save one's bacon
save oneself, rescue oneself from a bad situation
save bacon

    Hyphenation

    save Ba·con

    Turkish pronunciation

    seyv beykın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsāv ˈbākən/ /ˈseɪv ˈbeɪkən/
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