save v See SAVING; cp LOSE: lose one's spring, etc.
3 Phr: also save one's year: to show a moderate profit at the end of a fishing season.
1988 Evening Telegram 27 May, p. 4 Unless he is permitted to fish in the bay, this year's fishery will be a disaster, said Mr Bolt. 'We won't save the year, but we can manage to make a week's pay if we're allowed inside that line to get a bit of redfish.'
