'V n from n' - Construction 25
| Name: | the rescue someone from difficulty construction |
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| Description: | A person removes someone from a dangerous or difficult situation. |
| Verbs: | deliver, disentangle, extricate, free, heal, liberate, pluck, release, rescue, save, spare |
| Example: | ...a returning warrior rescues his mother from the workhouse… (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative 'from'; counter |
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