face-saving
maintaining dignity or prestige
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How to use face-saving in a sentence
The face-saving compromise that saved the country from default was simply a promise to deal with the deficit later.
Washington Runs Out of Gas as Budget Battle Leads to More Paralysis | Howard Kurtz | March 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEdward, at least, was given the face-saving task of dashing off to see Daddy in hospital.
The Curse of Fergie: Sarah Ferguson Is Back, at the London Olympics | Tom Sykes | August 9, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIsrael rightly fears that its allies may accept a face-saving, temporary agreement that ignores the key issues.
For face-saving purposes, I suggested that the capitulation could be to NATO, rather than other Libyans.
The news release papers things over with friendly quotes that appear to be part of a face-saving effort.
The huge red stamp which was affixed to them was an amusing example of Chinese "face saving."
Camps and Trails in China | Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup AndrewsThey both leaped at a chance to make a face-saving agreement.
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