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synonyms for save face

  • preserve one's honor
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How to use save face in a sentence

Her skipper offered me a tow, but I was anxious to save face as much as possible by returning on my own, and so declined.
SEA-HOUNDSLEWIS R. FREEMAN
But once the matter is brought to their “official attention,” they have to take action in order to “save face.”
IFUGAO LAWR. F. BURTON
Just as the Chinese will do anything to "save face" so the Briton will do anything not to "lose face."
THE PACIFIC TRIANGLESYDNEY GREENBIE
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