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pulled someone's bacon out of the fire

pulled someone's bacon out of the fire is the simple past and past participle of pull someone's bacon out of the fire.

Meaning of pull someone's bacon out of the fire

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).

Questions about pulled someone's bacon out of the fire

What is pulled someone's bacon out of the fire the simple past and past participle of?
Pulled someone's bacon out of the fire is the simple past and past participle of pull someone's bacon out of the fire.

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

  1. pulled round
  2. pulled short
  3. pulled short up
  4. pulled someone down a peg
  5. pulled someone over the coals
  6. pulled someone's bacon out of the fire
  7. pulled someone's chestnuts out of the fire
  8. pulled someone's fat out of the fire
  9. pulled someone's leg
  10. pulled someone's plonker
  11. pulled someone's plumes

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