come to someone's rescue

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Verb

come to someone's rescue (third-person singular simple present comes to someone's rescue, present participle coming to someone's rescue, simple past came to someone's rescue, past participle come to someone's rescue)

1. (idiomatic) To rescue (or save) someone from further harm.
   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot.

Translations

to rescue someone from further harm

• Dutch: te hulp komen
• Maori: piki
• Polish: przychodzić z pomocą impf, przyjść z pomocą pf

See also

• come to someone's aid