"fight fires" meaning in English

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      "form": "fights fires",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fighting fires",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fought fires",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fought fires",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fight, fire."
      ],
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          "fight",
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        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire#English"
        ]
      ]
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I spent all of Monday fighting fires and didn't get a single thing done on my project."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deal with urgent matters and minor emergencies rather than longer-term work."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To deal with urgent matters and minor emergencies rather than longer-term work."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "fight fires"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fights fires",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fighting fires",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fought fires",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fought fires",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fight, fire."
      ],
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          "fire",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I spent all of Monday fighting fires and didn't get a single thing done on my project."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deal with urgent matters and minor emergencies rather than longer-term work."
      ],
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        [
          "urgent",
          "urgent"
        ],
        [
          "matters",
          "matters"
        ],
        [
          "emergencies",
          "emergencies"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To deal with urgent matters and minor emergencies rather than longer-term work."
      ],
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