Meanings
prepositional phrase
- to the rescue
"But here is the good Bolsover to your rescue." The worthy grocer had caught sight of them through the window and came bustling out, untying his white apron.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
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