Morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary to achieve morally right outcomes; actions can be considered morally right or wrong only by virtue of the morality of the outcome.

(idiomatic, sometimes humorous) To rescue a person or situation from imminent danger or major failure.

(poetic) The United States of America.

A warning of an imminent explosion in a confined space, especially a grenade or blasting charge. / (slang) A generalized warning that something is about to happen.

The bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for it.

(baseball) To get the third out of an inning.

(temporal location, idiomatic, informal) In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered.

(idiomatic) In development; in the process of being made or evolving.

(US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) In secret. / (US, idiomatic, slang, euphemistic) Secretly sleeping with someone other than one's partner.

freshly printed / (by extension, of news) so interesting or sensational that its publication cannot be delayed