Usually means: Preserving reputation to avoid embarrassment.
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  1. Saving Face (The Closer), Saving Face (documentary), Saving Face, Saving face: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  2. Saving Face: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Saving Face: Medical dictionary

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  1. Saving Face: Idioms

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  1. saving face, Saving Face: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Saving Face)

▸ noun:  "Saving face" is an idiom for preserving one's honor or prestige
▸ noun:  a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Alice Wu, in her feature-length debut.
▸ noun:  a 2012 documentary film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge about acid attacks on women in Pakistan.


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