Meaning of come to someone's rescue | Babel Free

Definitions

To rescue (or save) someone from further harm.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot.”

“Huguette Diakabana remembers when she had to drop out of school at age 10 — until a mysterious donor came to her rescue.”

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