sauve qui peut
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A case of every man for himself.
Example Sentences
- "[…] a select body of his cavalry were seen galloping from the field with a sauve qui peut."
- "We heard a step softly approaching the open door, and, in a horrible sauve qui peut, we rushed and stumbled together toward the light by Uncle Silas's bed."
- "If it comes to a sauve qui peut you fellows may get away but this connects me up past explaining."