to spare

Meaning

to spare

left over; available

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

14th Century Mu Qi Recreation, Chinese, Ming dynasty Shancai begged the fish seller to spare the life of the fish. Source: Internet

Accepting his fate, Hector begs Achilles, not to spare his life, but to treat his body with respect after killing him. Source: Internet

Acting on the principle that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” Churchill rallied to the aid of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, dispatching convoys of tanks, trucks, planes, and other essential equipment that Britain could ill afford to spare. Source: Internet

After she famously failed imploring of Napoleon to spare her nation, Queen Louise of Prussia wept and was consoled by Talleyrand. Source: Internet

And after two campaigns in which they’d scraped into Champions League qualification on the very last day of the season, this time around Inter secured a top-four finish with plenty of time to spare. Source: Internet

And if you think you have time to spare, SINS, you're clearly not doing your fair share of the childcare or housework. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

to spare

Close letter words and terms

to some effect to some extent to spank to sparkle to spawn to speak of