save the day

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to prevent failure or defeat, when this seems certain to happen

   Stand back! Rejoice! Marc Antony will save the day!

In the movies · 9

• Stand back! Rejoice! Marc Antony will save the day!Cleopatra1963
• My main man Mookie has saved the day!Do the Right Thing1989
• And then we save the day.Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021
• Berry Gordy to save the day.Straight Outta Compton2015
• Look, kid, we can't always save the day.Prisoners2013
• And then you're gonna save the day, and you're gonna push it forward, two hands.Nightmare Alley2021
• I'm gonna save the fuckin' day.Con Air1997
• You saved the day.Ambulance2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Do the Right Thing1989
  • Love Daddy Wakes the Block
  • Morning Shift at Sal's Pizzeria
  • Da Mayor Sweeps and Gets Scolded

From the same entry

• not be able to do to save your life
• save bacon
• save face
• save your breath
• save your skin