save by the bell (English, verb)
expansion: save by the bell (third-person singular simple present saves by the bell, present participle saving by the bell, simple past and past participle saved by the bell)
Senses:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being counted out by the referee.
tags: transitive
glosses: To rescue or favorably assist (someone) by means of a timely interruption or the sudden termination of difficult circumstances.
tags: broadly
idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: saves by the bell
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: saving by the bell
tags: participle
present
form: saved by the bell
tags: participle
past
form: saved by the bell
tags: past