Spare Someone's Blushes Meaning

(idiomatic) To save someone from embarrassment

Example: 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”[1], BBC:
  Cesc Fabregas spared Arsenal's blushes with his late spot-kick

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