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save the day

to produce a good result when a bad result was expected. The team was expected to lose, but Sally made three points and saved the day. Your excellent speech calmed the crowd and saved the day.

See also: day, save

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A quick and easy download, registry fix software can really save the day for you when nothing else seems to work. Download Registry Fix- One Easy Way to Fix It by Carl Ringwall / General interest community A quote from Frederick Buechner--"It is no wonder that just the touch of another human being at a dark time can be enough to save the day"--shapes the 12 songs on Kate Campbell's latest CD, Save the Day. Messages of grace by Sojourners Magazine It was only at the end of the show - which raised money for children's charity Barnardos - that the audience was told of Megan's dash to save the day and broke into a spontaneous round of applause. Megan at the double by The Mirror (London, England)			sardine satiate with satisfy satisfy by satisfy with saturate with Saturday night special sauce saunter along save save a bundle save bacon save blushes Save breath save face save for save for a rainy day save from Save it! save money up save neck save on save oneself save own skin save skin save the day save toward save up saved by the bell saving saving grace savoir-faire savor of saw saw down saw into saw off saw through say say a lot about say a mouthful say about say against say boo Say cheese! say for say grace Say hello to say in a roundabout way Say no more say out loud			Save the Ancient Wemyss Caves Society Save the Best for Last save the bother save the bother save the bother save the bother Save the Children Save the Children - United States Save the Children Canada Save the Children Denmark Save the Children Federation Save the Children Fund Save the Children Fund - United Kingdom Save the Children Fund Australia Save the Children Fund International Save the Children Fund Norway Save the Children Fund United Kingdom Save the Children in Sri Lanka Save the Children in Uganda Save the Children Lives Sudan Save the Children New Zealand Save the Children Norway Ehiopia Programme Save the Children Norway-Nepal Save the Children Sweden Save the Children UK Save the Cord Save the date save the day Save the Dunes Conservation Fund Save the Earth Save the Earth Network Save the Environment Afghanistan Save the Family Save the Family Foundation of Arizona Save the Flying Unicorns Save the Forest Animals Organization Save the Franklin Battlefield Inc. Save the Gingers Foundation Save the Golden Lion Tamarin Save the Greyhound Dogs Save the Grudge Foundation Save the Homeland Save the Ifugao Terraces Movement Save the Last Word for Me Save the Lost City Save the Manatee Club Save the Manatee Club Save the Montagnard People, Inc. Save the Music Foundation Save the Newchurch Guinea Pigs Save the Oak Ridges Moraine Save the Old Northern Avenue Bridge Save the Planet

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