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pulls someone's bacon out of the fire

pulls someone's bacon out of the fire is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pulls someone's bacon out of the fire

What is pulls someone's bacon out of the fire the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pulls someone's bacon out of the fire is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull someone's bacon out of the fire.

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

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

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