save face
Verb
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Verb
- (intransitive) To take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.
- He tried to make reparations to those he had injured, partly to save face.
- French: sauver la face
- German: das Gesicht wahren
- Russian: сохрани́ть лицо́
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