spare
/speər/ verbDefinition
GIVE [T] › to give time or money to someone: I have to go soon, but I can spare a few minutes. [+ two objects] Can you spare me some change?
PREVENT [+ two objects] › to prevent someone from having to experience something unpleasant: [often passive] I was spared the embarrassment of having to sing in front of everybody.
to spare › If you have time, money, etc to spare, you have more than you need: I arrived at the station with more than an hour to spare.
spare no effort/expense, etc › to use a lot of effort/expense, etc to do something: [+ to do sth] We will spare no effort to find out who did this.
spare sb's life › to not kill someone → See also spare a thought for sb
(Definition of spare verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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