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pull someone's bacon out of the fire

pull someone's bacon out of the fire verb: synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).

Verb

pull someone's bacon out of the fire (third-person singular simple present pulls someone's bacon out of the fire, present participle pulling someone's bacon out of the fire, simple past and past participle pulled someone's bacon out of the fire)

  1. Synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).

Synonyms of pull someone's bacon out of the fire

Forms of pull someone's bacon out of the fire

third-person singular presentpulls someone's bacon out of the fire
present participlepulling someone's bacon out of the fire
past participlepulled someone's bacon out of the fire
pastpulled someone's bacon out of the fire
alternative formpull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
alternative formpull someone's fat out of the fire

Questions about pull someone's bacon out of the fire

What does pull someone's bacon out of the fire mean?
Pull someone's bacon out of the fire means synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).
What part of speech is pull someone's bacon out of the fire?
Pull someone's bacon out of the fire is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull someone's bacon out of the fire?
The past tense of pull someone's bacon out of the fire is pulled someone's bacon out of the fire.

Words near pull someone's bacon out of the fire in the dictionary

  1. pull shot
  2. pull shots
  3. pull someone down a peg
  4. pull someone off the ceiling
  5. pull someone over the coals
  6. pull someone's bacon out of the fire
  7. pull someone's chain
  8. pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
  9. pull someone's fat out of the fire
  10. pull someone's leg
  11. pull someone's plonker

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