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put out a fire en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To address a problem, especially an unexpected one caused by the incompetence, negligence, or misconduct of another person.
    • The manager had to put out the fire after a raw hamburger was served to a customer.
    • Laporta is getting fed up with putting out all the fires that keep emerging around the club every time Koeman opens his mouth, while the Dutchman, protected by a bulletproof contract, is probably thinking 'as you sow, so shall you reap', and only just resisting adding the phrase: "Come on then, sack me!" 2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: put out a fire.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
puts out a fire Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
putting out a fire Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put out a fire Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put out a fire Tense=Past lexicographic
put out the fire alternative lexicographic

Relateds

firefighting

Translations (5)

pt apagar um incêndio (to address a problem, especially an unexpected one) · fi pelastaa tilanne (to address a problem, especially an unexpected one) · pl gasić pożar (to address a problem, especially an unexpected one) · pl ugasić pożar (to address a problem, especially an unexpected one) · cmn 收拾殘局 /收拾残局 (to address a problem, especially an unexpected one)