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sauve qui peut

/ sov ki pø /

noun

  1. a state of panic or disorder; rout
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sauve qui peut1

literally: save (himself) who can
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Example Sentences

The British in front, the Prussians in the rear: "Sauve qui peut!"

The British bayonet was in their front; while a panic fear spread through their ranks, and the cry "Sauve qui peut!"

The British bayonet was in their front; while a panic fear spread through their ranks, and the cry of "Sauve qui peut!"

When the hawk pounces down upon its quarry, it is sauve qui peut!

Before them, at close range, was a company breaking out of close order in a sauve-qui-peut rout up a reverse slope.

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