Saved someone from danger or a difficult situation.
From Old French 'rescourre' (to recover), combining 're-' (again) and 'excutere' (to shake out). The meaning evolved from physically pulling someone to safety into a broader sense of helping anyone in trouble.
The word 'rescue' entered English through French-speaking Normans after 1066, but interestingly, the root 'excutere' means 'to shake'—so rescuing someone originally meant literally shaking them free from danger.
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