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pulled someone's chestnuts out of the fire

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

Meaning of pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of pull someone's bacon out of the fire (“rescue someone, especially at the last moment”).
    • By now, however, it's unlikely that even this faithful retainer can once more pull Bush's chestnuts out of the fire.2006 Oct. 9, Jacob Heilbrunn, "‘Work Hard, Study ... and Keep Out of Politics!’" (book review), New York Times (retrieved 23 Oct 2011)
  2. To do another person's difficult work.

Questions about pulled someone's chestnuts out of the fire

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

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

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

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