But for and Saving

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Saving and but for are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saving" instead the phrase "But for" as a preposition or a conjunction.

Saving conjunction - If it were not for the fact that.

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But for and saving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "But for" instead the word "Saving" as a preposition or a conjunction.

Nearby Words: save, saved, saver

But for Me, It Was Tuesday: When asked to describe how saving the children from Old Nick feels, Scout simply describes it as a "Saturday".

Source: Webcomic / Team Fortress 2
He and his daughters realize that he's got to keep saving people, not just for his daughters' sake, but for everyone else's daughters too.

Source: Webcomic / Spinnerette
Some Medics might be famous for saving more than they killed, but for that to be a statement it means they killed a lot too.

Source: Shoot the Medic First

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