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fought fires

fought fires is the simple past and past participle of fight fires.

Meaning of fight fires

Verb

fight fires (third-person singular simple present fights fires, present participle fighting fires, simple past and past participle fought fires)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fight, fire.
  2. (idiomatic) To deal with urgent matters and minor emergencies rather than longer-term work.
    • I spent all of Monday fighting fires and didn't get a single thing done on my project.

Questions about fought fires

What is fought fires the simple past and past participle of?
Fought fires is the simple past and past participle of fight fires.

Words near fought fires in the dictionary

  1. fought a rearguard action
  2. fought back
  3. fought cocum
  4. fought down
  5. fought fire with fire
  6. fought fires
  7. fought for one's life
  8. fought it out
  9. fought like a married couple
  10. fought like an old married couple
  11. fought like cat and dog

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