save the day
idiom
: to make a bad situation end successfully
Just when things looked hopeless, my brother came along and saved the day.
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In an unexpected turn of events, two versions of Mickey, both played by Pattinson, end up existing at once, and must team up to save the day.
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Francesca Street, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
This all of course leads to plenty of action sequences to satisfy any Marvel fan, including the key set piece of an aerial assault where Captain America gets to strut his wings and save the day — if only temporarily.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
Paddington will feel like two families are better than one, Mary will stare down the oncoming existential crisis of the empty nest, nobody will feel like the country of Peru has been insulted, the bad guys get their comeuppance and the good guys save the day.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Why? To save the day, a federal judge in the District of Columbia stepped in to block the order in response to mounting lawsuits.
—Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025
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Francesca Street, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025
This all of course leads to plenty of action sequences to satisfy any Marvel fan, including the key set piece of an aerial assault where Captain America gets to strut his wings and save the day — if only temporarily.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Feb. 2025
Paddington will feel like two families are better than one, Mary will stare down the oncoming existential crisis of the empty nest, nobody will feel like the country of Peru has been insulted, the bad guys get their comeuppance and the good guys save the day.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Why? To save the day, a federal judge in the District of Columbia stepped in to block the order in response to mounting lawsuits.
—Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Save the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/save%20the%20day. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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