To manage to keep something.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, onto.
To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
To obviate or make unnecessary.
To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
To store for future use.
To economize or avoid waste.
To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
To accumulate money or valuables.
unless; except
Except; with the exception of.
The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
A saving throw.
A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.