![]() → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus rescue He owed thousands of pounds and his mother had to bail him out. bail somebody out to rescue a person, company etc from a difficult situation, by providing them with the money they need A number of state-owned enterprises have been bailed out by the central bank. They spent the night near the top of the mountain, before being picked up by a helicopter. pick somebody up to rescue someone from a dangerous place by taking them away in a boat or aircraft A lifeboat picked them up two miles from the coast. If you break down in the desert, there is no one there to save you. save to prevent someone from being killed, harmed, or losing something, or to make it possible for something to continue Wearing a seat belt can help save your life. Several people saw I was in trouble, but no one came to my rescue. Will you rescue me if I get stuck talking to Sam? come to the rescue/somebody’s rescue to come and rescue or help someone It was an embarrassing moment, but fortunately Paul came to the rescue. ![]() rescuer noun THESAURUS rescue to remove someone from a dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant situation Firefighters worked for two hours to rescue people from the building. rescue somebody/something from somebody/something She died trying to rescue her children from the blaze. ○ S3 W3 verb SAVE/RESCUE to save someone or something from a situation of danger or harm Survivors of the crash were rescued by helicopter.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English rescue res‧cue 1 / ˈreskjuː /
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