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kicks the tires and lights the fires

kicks the tires and lights the fires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kick the tires and light the fires.

Meaning of kick the tires and light the fires

Verb

kick the tires and light the fires (third-person singular simple present kicks the tires and lights the fires, present participle kicking the tires and lighting the fires, simple past and past participle kicked the tires and lit the fires)

  1. (US, slang) To take off.
    • His face appears in the open window of the pilot's seat on the flight deck. He is ready. I am ready. It's time to kick the tires and light the fires.1998, Jimmy Buffett, A Pirate Looks at Fifty (2000 Random House edition), p. 108 (Google preview)

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Kicks the tires and lights the fires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kick the tires and light the fires.

Words near kicks the tires and lights the fires in the dictionary

  1. kicks the bucket
  2. kicks the can down the road
  3. kicks the habit
  4. kicks the shit out of
  5. kicks the tires
  6. kicks the tires and lights the fires
  7. kicks the tyres
  8. kicks to
  9. kicks to the curb
  10. kicks to the kerb
  11. kicks up

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