Question: Where did the term saved by the bell originate?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: According to urban myth, where did the term saved by the bell originate?
Where did the term saved by the bell actually originate?
answer: use of safety coffins in the Victorian era
a boxer who is still on their feet but close to being knocked down can be saved from losing by the bell
boxing
Natural Questions answer: boxing (from the Wikipedia article "Safety coffin")