save yourself

Get out alive

Save yourself is a command to escape danger when the speaker cannot help or has given up hope: Go on, save yourself!

It often appears in dramatic contexts where someone sacrifices their own chance at survival.

The phrase can extend to emotional or social situations—removing yourself from a doomed relationship, a failing project, or an awkward conversation: This meeting is going nowhere. Save yourself.

Related

man overboard · flee · cut and run · protect · danger · fight or flight · instinct · run · fight · drown · lifeline · emergency · last resort · alone · desperate · sink or swim · sink · struggle

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Opposites
self-preservation vs. self-sacrifice

save yourselfmartyrdom

Suffering for conviction

self-sacrifice · take one for the team · noble death · heroic sacrifice

escape vs. surrender

save yourselfgive up

Stop attempting something

surrender · submit · capitulate · give in · let it happen

self-focus vs. other-focus

save yourselfstay behind

Remain when others leave

Family

save, yourself, saved, saving, saves, saver, savior, saviour, salvation

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G