spare someone's blushes

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spare someone's blushes

1. (idiomatic) To save someone from embarrassment
   • 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     Cesc Fabregas spared Arsenal's blushes with his late spot-kick

See also

• put to the blush