pull out of the fire

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pull out of the fire

verb pulls out of the fire · pulling out of the fire · pulled out of the fire · pull from the fire

  1. idiomatic, transitive To save from impending failure, destruction, or defeat. But there was another, keener reason why Pitcher Alexander wanted to pull this game out of the fire, which he proceeded to do by holding Philadelphia scoreless for four innings while his St. Louis clubmates made three more runs.

    Similar: redeem, rescue, save

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@misc{pull_out_of_the_fire_2026,
  title = {pull out of the fire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pull%20out%20of%20the%20fire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}