"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 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]
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. (idiomatic) To rescue someone, especially at the last moment. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: save someone's bacon, pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire, pull someone's fat out of the fire Related terms: pull out of the fire
    Sense id: en-pull_someone's_bacon_out_of_the_fire-en-verb-oh4p9oGZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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