When one realizes their blunder and uses a tactic to try & cover up their mistake. Whether it works or not is to be determined by the situation.
Joe realized what a fuckin dork he was when he used that lame pick-up line on Beth and her friends so he tried to save face by saying he had to go to the men's room.

Jill didn't get the joke, but she laughed along to save face & hoped that no one would ask her to explain the punch line.
by MischiefMaker December 28, 2003
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The mantra of the ultra-wealthy in these Trumpian times.
I got my “Save the Lifestyle” bumpersticker on both of my Teslas and the Bentley too!
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In architecture and design refers to the action of saving a Revit Model to the central file. This allows all of the actions and changed within each individual user file to be communicated back to Revit users.
"Jason, fucking save to central so I can fix the shit you messed up last week."
by Ispendtoomuchtime@work. October 03, 2008
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The phrase is borrowed from the sport of ice hockey, but now applies in many contexts.

In hockey, a crude but effective save where the puck is diverted not with the end of the curved stick but with the handle. The player simply falls on the ice or bats at the puck with the stick. No points for style, and often fails, but a save is a save.

In other contexts, whenever a "player" manages to pull out a situational "save" at the last instant via reckless, feckless or random methods. As in financial markets, when institutions manage to move the market up in the last minutes of trading thus ensuring an "up" day, even though a "down" day was in the making.
Did you see the 100 point stick save in the run up to the market bell? You gotta give the PPT credit, that was a thing of beauty.
by cougar_w October 11, 2010
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a clever way of telling people you have changed phone numbers, usually sent as a mass text
This is chrystal's new number, save it and fave it
by bozheng August 14, 2011
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save the turtles because if we didn't ... we wouldn't have any turtles!!
SAVE THE TURTLES BECKY!! USE A MOTHER FUCKING METAL STRAW!!!!!!!! and i oop- sksksksksksksskskkssksksks
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To make it to a toilet when you need to go, but just barely.
Dude, that Mexican food didn't sit well, but it's all right because I was saved by the bowl.
by geniusonwheels November 07, 2011
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