saves one neck (verb) extricate: get out of a situation; relieve of responsibility
Sinonime: bail out,
clear,
deliver,
detach,
difference,
differentiate, disburden, discumber, disembarrass,
disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve,
extract,
free, get off the hook, get out from under, let go, let off,
liberate,
loose,
loosen, pull out,
release,
remove,
rescue,
resolve, save one's neck,
separate,
sever, untie,
withdraw, wriggle out of
Antonime: entangle,
involve