Duck
Duck verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Save
Save verb - To free from the penalties or consequences of sin.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Shirley the Loon looks more like a white duck like those in Carl Barks' duck comics save for a thicker bill, than like any loon.
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And don't think hiding in the car will save you, like in GTA- here, you are a sitting duck.
Source: Video Game / Mafia II - Similarly, in Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Daffy feels he's helpless and wishes that Duck Dodgers was there to save the day.
Source: Forgot About His Powers
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Save and Duck. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/duck/save
Duck & Save. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/duck/save>.
Save or Duck. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/duck/save.
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