I hoped that someone would come and rescue me from this boring person.
•Nothing can rescue us from the ravages of time.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
rescue */*/ — I UK [ˈreskjuː] / US [ˈreskju] verb [transitive] Word forms rescue : present tense I/you/we/they rescue he/she/it rescues present participle rescuing past tense rescued past participle rescued 1) to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant… … English dictionary
rescue — res|cue1 [ reskju ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation: The crew of the tanker were rescued just minutes before it sank in heavy seas. rescue someone from something: He had been trying to rescue a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rescue — I verb aid, deliver, disenthrall, disimprison, emancipate, exsolvere, extricate, free, free from confinement, free from danger, let escape, let out, liberare, liberate, manumit, preserve, ransom, recapture, reclaim, recover, redeem, release,… … Law dictionary
rescue — [res′kyo͞o] vt. rescued, rescuing [ME rescuen < OFr rescourre < re , again + escorre, to shake, move < L excutere, to shake off, drive away < ex , off + quatere, to shake: see QUASH2] 1. to free or save from danger, imprisonment, evil … English World dictionary
rescue — res|cue1 [ˈreskju:] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: rescourre, from escourre to shake out , from Latin excutere] to save someone or something from a situation of danger or harm ▪ Survivors of the crash were rescued by helicopter.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
rescue — 1 verb (T) to save someone or something from a situation of danger or harm: Hundreds are still in the water, waiting to be rescued. | rescue sb/sth from: She died trying to rescue her children from the blaze. | a final attempt to rescue the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Rescue Me (TV series) — Infobox Television show name = Rescue Me caption = Series logo rated = format = Drama runtime = approx. 45 min. picture format = 480i (SDTV) (NTSC) 576i (SDTV) (PAL) 1080i (HDTV) creator = Denis Leary Peter Tolan starring = See Characters country … Wikipedia
Rescue of Giuliana Sgrena — The Rescue of Giuliana Sgrena was a covert operation by the Italian military secret service, SISMI, to rescue Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena from kidnappers in Iraq. After the successful retrieval of Ms Sgrena, on March 4, 2005, the car with… … Wikipedia
rescue — ▪ I. rescue res‧cue 1 [ˈreskjuː] verb [transitive] COMMERCE to save a company, country, or economic system that is in danger of failing, for example because of financial problems: • The fund is aimed at rescuing financially troubled companies. •… … Financial and business terms
rescue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. liberate, set free, deliver, save; recover, reclaim. See liberation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of rescuing] Syn. deliverance, saving, release, extrication, liberation, ransom, redemption,… … English dictionary for students
rescue*/ — [ˈreskjuː] verb [T] I 1) to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation The crew of the ship were rescued just before it sank.[/ex] 2) to prevent a business, project etc from failing an attempt to rescue the peace process[/ex] rescuer… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
