save someone's face (English, verb)
expansion: save someone's face (third-person singular simple present saves someone's face, present participle saving someone's face, simple past and past participle saved someone's face)
Senses:
glosses: to preserve someone's pride, especially as defined by customary social settings.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: saves someone's face
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: saving someone's face
tags: participle
present
form: saved someone's face
tags: participle
past
form: saved someone's face
tags: past