verb
Meaning 1
Synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: save someone's life
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
save someone's bacon
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History
Etymology
From an archaic sense of bacon, as a slang term referring to the human body.