"pull someone's bacon out of the fire" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pull someone's bacon out of the fire.ogg [Australia] Forms: pulls someone's bacon out of the fire [present, singular, third-person], pulling someone's bacon out of the fire [participle, present], pulled someone's bacon out of the fire [participle, past], pulled someone's bacon out of the fire [past], pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire [alternative], pull someone's fat out of the fire [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=pull someone's bacon out of the fire}} pull someone's bacon out of the fire (third-person singular simple present pulls someone's bacon out of the fire, present participle pulling someone's bacon out of the fire, simple past and past participle pulled someone's bacon out of the fire)
  1. Synonym of save someone's life (in all senses). Synonyms: save someone's life [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: pull out of the fire, save someone's bacon
    Sense id: en-pull_someone's_bacon_out_of_the_fire-en-verb-LT3zG~QG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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