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fire into the sun

fire into the sun verb: to get rid of or otherwise punish an unwanted person (especially due to poor performance).

Verb

fire into the sun (third-person singular simple present fires into the sun, present participle firing into the sun, simple past and past participle fired into the sun)

  1. (idiomatic) To get rid of or otherwise punish an unwanted person (especially due to poor performance).
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fire, into, the, sun.

Forms of fire into the sun

third-person singular presentfires into the sun
present participlefiring into the sun
past participlefired into the sun
pastfired into the sun

Questions about fire into the sun

What does fire into the sun mean?
Fire into the sun means to get rid of or otherwise punish an unwanted person (especially due to poor performance).
What part of speech is fire into the sun?
Fire into the sun is a verb.
What is the past tense of fire into the sun?
The past tense of fire into the sun is fired into the sun.

Words near fire into the sun in the dictionary

  1. fire inspection
  2. fire inspections
  3. fire inspector
  4. fire inspectors
  5. fire insurance
  6. fire into the sun
  7. fire iron
  8. fire irons
  9. Fire Island
  10. fire lance
  11. fire lances

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