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pulling someone's bacon out of the fire

pulling someone's bacon out of the fire is the present participle and gerund 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 pulling someone's bacon out of the fire

What is pulling someone's bacon out of the fire the present participle and gerund of?
Pulling someone's bacon out of the fire is the present participle and gerund of pull someone's bacon out of the fire.

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

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

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