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saved by the bell

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Definition


To be saved at the last second by time expiring or by someone intervening. This is a boxing metaphor.

Context : Social Life, Sports
Category: Idiom, Metaphor
Semantic: save

"Saved by the Bell" was also a popular television show in the US between 1989 and 1993.

Usage of “saved by the bell”

  1. The boxer was saved by the bell in round 8. (literal)

  2. Thank god I was saved by the bell when you showed up, I was about to be attacked by those guys.