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pulls someone's chestnuts out of the fire

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

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

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

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

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