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pull someone's fat out of the fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables
pul-l -some-one's -fat out of the -fire
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of pull someone's bacon out of the fire.

Inflected Forms

pulls someone's fat out of the fire (present, singular) 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)

Questions

What does pull someone's fat out of the fire mean?
Alternative form of pull someone's bacon out of the fire.

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