literally save

Frequency: 7.210.5 per million words

Commonly used to emphasize a crucial rescue or intervention, as in 'literally saved my life'.

literallyADVERB + VERB

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save

Examples (10)

  • The doctor's quick thinking literally saved the patient's life.
  • Her brave act literally saved the child from the burning building.
  • The last-minute funding literally saved the entire project from collapse.
  • His desperate plea literally saved them from making a terrible mistake.
  • Without that intervention, they would have literally saved nothing.
  • The emergency brake literally saved us from a head-on collision.
  • The quick-thinking lifeguard literally saved the drowning swimmer.
  • This new software update will literally save countless hours of manual work.
  • The unexpected turnout literally saved the charity event from being a disaster.
  • The timely warning literally saved the city from a major catastrophe.