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saved, ppl. a.|seɪvd|
[f. save v. + -ed1.]
1. a. Delivered from damnation. Also absol.
a1300Cursor M. 10867 His folk al saued þan sal he mak. 14..Less. of Dirige 409 in 26 Pol. Poems 120 Þe sauyd excusyd, þe dampnyd accusyd, As thay deseruyd echon haue. 1509H. Watson Ship of Fools Prol. (1517) A ij b, That thorugh theyr labour they may be of the nombre of y⊇ saued. 1688Bunyan Jerus. Sinner Saved (1886) 123 If thy desires be firm..to become the saved of Christ, and His servant. 1868H. Law Beacons of Bible 78 Every saved soul shines for ever a monument of..sanctifying grace.
b. saved by the bell (Boxing) (see quot. 1971); hence fig. in general use, saved (as from an unpleasant occurrence) by timely interruption.
[1932Ring Nov. 3 Floored in the first session by a terrific right to the jaw, the bell saving the Jersey boy at the count of seven. 1954F. C. Avis Boxing Dict. 98 Saved by bell, a boxer saved from being counted out because the end of the round is signalled.] 1959A. Sillitoe Loneliness of Long-Distance Runner 31 ‘Ain't it next door to a pub, then?’ I wanted to know. He answered me sharp: ‘No, it bloody well aint.’.. ‘Then I don't know it,’ I told him, saved by the bell. 1963Times 18 May 8/5 If, in future, the bell interrupts a count, the count will continue until the boxer is counted out—unless he gets up in the meantime... The expression ‘saved by the bell’ will, therefore, become an anachronism. 1971L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports v. 116 If a man is knocked down in the closing seconds of a round, so that the bell rings ending the round before the count of 10 has been reached, he can be ‘saved by the bell’. 1976G. Sims End of Web i. 13 Had he been saved by the bell... Was there still a chance of some lovers' games?
2. a. Hoarded, laid by; also with up. b. Economized; not spent or wasted.
1732Pope Ep. Bathurst 194 Benighted wanderers, the forest o'er, Curse the sav'd candle and unop'ning door. 1834S. Bagster Managem. Bees Pref. 6 Often..have I spent the saved-up shilling to run into..the old menagerie in Exeter 'Change. 1875Smiles Thrift vi. 93 Saved money, however little, will serve to dry up many a tear. |