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put out the fire

put out the fire is the alternative form of put out a fire.

Meaning of put out a fire

Verb

put out a fire (third-person singular simple present puts out a fire, present participle putting out a fire, simple past and past participle put out a fire)

  1. (idiomatic) To address a problem, especially an unexpected one caused by the incompetence, negligence, or misconduct of another person.
    • The manager had to put out the fire after a raw hamburger was served to a customer.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: put out a fire.

Forms of put out the fire

third-person singular presentputs out the fire
present participleputting out the fire
past participleput out the fire
pastput out the fire

Questions about put out the fire

What is put out the fire the alternative form of?
Put out the fire is the alternative form of put out a fire.

Words near put out the fire in the dictionary

  1. put out
  2. put out a fire
  3. put out feelers
  4. put out of one's head
  5. put out of one's mind
  6. put out the fire
  7. put out to grass
  8. put out to pasture
  9. put out to sea
  10. put outs
  11. put over

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