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Put out a fire
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
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.
Verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: put out a fire.
Synonyms
put out the fire
put out
pull out of the fire
pull from the fire
fire
mop up
hose down
extinguish
sort out
flame out
pull someone's fat out of the fire
pull the fat out of the fire
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