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

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Verb

Forms: pulls someone's fat out of the fire [present, singular, third-person], pulling someone's fat out of the fire [participle, present], pulled someone's fat out of the fire [participle, past], pulled someone's fat out of the fire [past]
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  1. Alternative form of pull someone's bacon out of the fire Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pull someone's bacon out of the fire
    Sense id: en-pull_someone's_fat_out_of_the_fire-en-verb-IyfJ-j8h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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