Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pull out of the fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: pul-l out of the -fire
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To save from impending failure, destruction, or defeat.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"But there was another, keener reason why Pitcher Alexander wanted to pull this game out of the fire, which he proceeded to do by holding Philadelphia scoreless for four innings while his St. Louis clubmates made three more runs."
""He is the writer of fresh possibilities, . . . of the clarion call to halt the current madness and pull the world out of the fire," wrote Joseph Epstein, the social critic."
"She had pulled more than one case out of the fire with a brilliant closing."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

pulls out of the fire (present, singular) pulling out of the fire (participle, present) pulled out of the fire (participle, past) pulled out of the fire (past) pull from the fire (alternative)

Phrases

pull someone's bacon out of the fire pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire pull someone's fat out of the fire

Synonyms

redeem rescue save

Questions

What does pull out of the fire mean?: To save from impending failure, destruction, or defeat.

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