save the day

1. Prevent a misfortune, as in They had forgotten the knife to cut the wedding cake, but Elizabeth arrived with one and saved the day.

Example Sentences

Their presence conveys someone is there to save the day.

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He said: "There are none. He won't be in Parliament anytime soon. So if there really are colleagues who think he's going to swoop in and save the day, they need to give their head a wobble."

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Both films believe in the power of getting the truth out to the press; neither is so naive as to think the truth alone will save the day.

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That actually happened, but Byun Sung-hyun’s deeply cynical retelling doesn’t want you to take its word for it — and it’s best not to trust these careerist officials to save the day either.

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The closure of the temple of country music, an important piece of San Joaquin Valley history, prompted an outpouring of grief from fans across the country — along with desperate pleas to stars such as Dwight Yoakam, Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift, who all played there, to save the day by buying the place.

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