sauve qui peut

/ French (sov ki pø) /

noun

a state of panic or disorder; rout

Word Origin for sauve qui peut

literally: save (himself) who can

Words nearby sauve qui peut

sauterne, sauternes, sautillé, sautoir, sauté, sauve qui peut, sauvignon, sauvignon blanc, sav, sava, savage

Example sentences from the Web for sauve qui peut

  • Shriek may be of Sauve-qui-peut, but will also be of Vive-la-Republique.

    The French Revolution |Thomas Carlyle

  • Before them, at close range, was a company breaking out of close order in a sauve-qui-peut rout up a reverse slope.

    The Last Shot |Frederick Palmer

  • And in the sauve-qui-peut scramble there is rarely a regard for rank, the colonel counting for no more than the corporal.

    The Lone Ranche |Captain Mayne Reid

  • In fact, their attitude towards their would-be charmers had the character of a sauve-qui-peut.

    When Ghost Meets Ghost |William Frend De Morgan