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pulling someone's fat out of the fire

pulling someone's fat out of the fire is the present participle and gerund of pull someone's fat out of the fire.

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

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

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

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