save the furniture (English, verb)
expansion: save the furniture (third-person singular simple present saves the furniture, present participle saving the furniture, simple past and past participle saved the furniture)
Senses:
glosses: To salvage something positive from a calamitous situation, especially one involving the reputation or fate of a political party.
tags: Australia
Canada
UK
idiomatic
Forms:
form: saves the furniture
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: saving the furniture
tags: participle
present
form: saved the furniture
tags: participle
past
form: saved the furniture
tags: past