come/go to the rescue of
idiom
: to save (someone or something) from danger or harm : to rescue
The policeman came/went to the rescue of the lost boy.
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Baldwin plays Harlan Rust, a grizzled 19th-century outlaw who must come to the rescue of his fugitive grandson — who, in a sad coincidence, is wanted for accidentally shooting someone.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
The United States has little choice but to come to the rescue of its largest state, both in population and economic importance.
—Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Historians of World War II say America went abroad to come to the rescue of democracy in Europe and Asia, not because armies and navies were bearing down on our homeland.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 May 2024
Mainland Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba last week announced that its Alibaba Pictures unit and streaming service Youku would come to the rescue of the Hong Kong film industry, through some $640 million of investments over a period of five years.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
The United States has little choice but to come to the rescue of its largest state, both in population and economic importance.
—Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Historians of World War II say America went abroad to come to the rescue of democracy in Europe and Asia, not because armies and navies were bearing down on our homeland.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 May 2024
Mainland Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba last week announced that its Alibaba Pictures unit and streaming service Youku would come to the rescue of the Hong Kong film industry, through some $640 million of investments over a period of five years.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
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