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It's rare that we see keepers catch rather than punch, but his save was as good as any catch by Arizona Cardinal Larry Fitzgerald.

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  1. transitive verb To rescue from harm, danger, or loss.
  2. transitive verb To set free from the consequences of sin; redeem.
  3. transitive verb To keep in a safe condition; safeguard.
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  • If Sir Walter Scott's “Dryden” cannot challenge this highest position, it certainly deserves the credit of being one of the best-edited books on a great scale in English, save in one particular,—the revision of the text. —  The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Vol. I
  • One way to save is to swap your old string of lights with a newer LED version.
  • Arsenal could have made Fernandes pay for that miss in first-half stoppage time, when Andrei Arshavin and Alex Song exchanged passes, only for Given to produce a superb sprawling save from the Russian's low shot. —  Soccerway.com
  • And again, we do have what we call our save program in terms of customer retention. —  Gadgets Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • Both editors lack auto-save, a feature we've wanted for years, but EtherPad's capability to save a version trumps SubEthaEdit's simple Save command, which overwrites the previously stored version. —  TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us
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  1. Middle English saven, from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre, from Latin salvus, safe; see sol- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English, from Old French sauf, from Latin salvō, ablative sing. of salvus, safe; see sol- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English saven, sauven, salven, from Old French sauver, salver, French sauver, save, = Provencal Spanish Portuguese salvar = Italian salvare, from Late Latin salvare, make safe, secure, save, from L. salvus, safe: see safe.
  2. from Middle English save, from Old French sauve, from Latin salvia, sage: see sage, of which save is a doublet.
 

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