save the furniture

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(idiomatic, UK, Canada, Australia) To salvage something positive from a calamitous situation, especially one involving the reputation or fate of a political party.

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After the leaked emails and resignations, the party's leadership scrambled to save the furniture before the next election.

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(idiomatic, UK, Canada, Australia) To salvage something positive from a calamitous situation, especially one involving the reputation or fate of a political party.

[S]winging progressives were keen to consolidate the diving Labor vote and save the furniture so that a reasonably-sized progressive opposition party could live to fight another day.

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saves the furniture （ present singular third-person ）

saving the furniture （ participle present ）

saved the furniture （ participle past ）

saved the furniture （ past ）