sauve qui peut
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of sauve qui peut
literally: save (himself) who can
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If we've gotten to the point where inequality deepens, and crises with the rest of the world deepen, it becomes everyone for himself, sauve qui peut.
From Salon ● May 27, 2019
He heard it all, he saw the confusion, the first signs of sauve qui peut.
From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
It hurt him very much that he should crown so many years of fidelity with such a black act, but it seemed a question of sauve qui peut.
From The Intriguers by William Le Queux
The attempt will perhaps be made in a few weeks, and then it will be a question of sauve qui peut!
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II by Jules Lermina
Let's see," said the newsman thoughtfully; "what is there worth taking that they didn't take in the sauve qui peut?
From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde
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