throw someone a rope

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To rescue someone by providing them with help, such as material aid, financial aid, a face-saving excuse, or a clue. idiomatic
    — Near-synonyms: save someone's life, save someone's skin, save someone's bacon, pull someone's bacon out of the fire, give someone a hand, lend a hand, bail someone out
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to rescue someone from drowning by tossing a rope for them to grab onto and be dragged to safety.
    — He's out there fighting the riptide. We need to throw him a rope.

词形变化

throws someone a rope present,singular,third-person throwing someone a rope participle,present threw someone a rope past thrown someone a rope participle,past
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