Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come to someone's rescue

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: come -to -some-one's res-cue
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rescue (or save) someone from further harm.

Example Sentences

"With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot."
"Huguette Diakabana remembers when she had to drop out of school at age 10 — until a mysterious donor came to her rescue."

Inflected Forms

comes to someone's rescue (present, singular) coming to someone's rescue (participle, present) came to someone's rescue (past)

Phrases

come to someone's aid

Frequently Paired Words

come to someone's aid

Questions

What does come to someone's rescue mean?: To rescue (or save) someone from further harm.

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