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save face - Longman Dictionary

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save facesave faceEMBARRASSED#to do something that will stop you from looking stupid or feeling embarrassed A compromise must be found which will allow both ... savefaceFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishsavefacesavefaceADMIREifyoudosomethingtosaveface,youdoitsothatpeoplewillnotlosetheirrespectforyou  Bothcountriessavedfacewiththecompromise.→faceExamplesfromtheCorpussaveface•Theimportantthingnowwastolethimsaveface.•Determinedtosaveface,Ikeptdevouringeverythingsetbeforeme.•Theonlypersonthatdidn'twasFish,whohadtosavefaceandwentonclaimingitwastrue.•Ratherthanadmitdefeat,Franklincompromisedinordertosaveface.•Asaresultoftheturmoil,Frankresignedinordertosaveface.•Ihadtodothistosavefaceformyfather.•Byagreeingtothestagedconfrontation,BarnettwouldsavefacewhilepermittingMeredithtoregister.savefacesavefaceEMBARRASSED#todosomethingthatwillstopyoufromlookingstupidorfeelingembarrassed  Acompromisemustbefoundwhichwillallowbothsidesinthedisputetosaveface.→face-saving→saveExamplesfromtheCorpussaveface•Asaresultoftheturmoil,Frankresignedinordertosaveface.•Theimportantthingnowwastolethimsaveface.•Theonlypersonthatdidn'twasFish,whohadtosavefaceandwentonclaimingitwastrue.•Ihadtodothistosavefaceformyfather.•Determinedtosaveface,Ikeptdevouringeverythingsetbeforeme.•Byagreeingtothestagedconfrontation,BarnettwouldsavefacewhilepermittingMeredithtoregister. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Food Golf Roads Toys Seealltopics Wordoftheday defer todelaysomethinguntilalaterdate

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