save one's neck

[save one's neck] or [save one's skin] {v. phr.}, {slang} To save from danger or trouble.

* /The fighter planes saved our skins while the army was landing from the ships./

* /Betty saved Tim's neck by typing his report for him; without her help he could not have finished on time./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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