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call the fire brigade

call the fire brigade phrase: call the emergency service to extinguish a fire.

Phrase

call the fire brigade

  1. (UK) Call the emergency service to extinguish a fire.

Synonyms of call the fire brigade

Questions about call the fire brigade

What does call the fire brigade mean?
Call the fire brigade means call the emergency service to extinguish a fire.
What part of speech is call the fire brigade?
Call the fire brigade is a phrase.

Words near call the fire brigade in the dictionary

  1. call someone's bluff
  2. call someone's number
  3. call stack
  4. call stacks
  5. call the ball
  6. call the fire brigade
  7. call the fire department
  8. call the police
  9. call the question
  10. call the shots
  11. call the tune

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