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face-saving
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face-saving
save face - to do something so that people will continue to respect you. They denied that the decision to sack the director was simply a face-saving exercise. (always before noun)

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Many see this as a request for some kind of face-saver, however, as opening the ports would be a difficult move to sell politically back in Turkey.
Obstacles and optimism as Turkey embarks on EU accession talks by Gorvett, Jon / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
The accomplishment was a glorious face-saver for the Americans, who had not produced any memorable Olympic moments.
MOSELEY ENDS BIG CHILL; MOGULS RUN BRINGS FIRST U.S. GOLD by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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