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on fire
Achieving good results at a rapid rate.
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open fire
To begin firing at something or someone.
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out of the frying pan, into the fire
From an already bad situation to a worse one.
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play with fire
To put oneself in a precarious situation with a high risk of getting harmed, particularly emotionally or financially.
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play with fire
Commit one's self to do something extraordinary, dangerous, illegal, actions taken, lacking good judgement.
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pour gasoline on the fire
To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.
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pull out of the fire
To save from impending failure, destruction, or defeat.
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put out a fire
To address a problem, especially an unexpected one caused by the incompetence, negligence, or misconduct of another person.
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put out a fire
Used other than as an idiom: put out a fire.
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quick-fire
Having one thing coming rapidly after another.
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rediscover fire
To relearn fundamental concepts, principles or practices that had been previously well known and widely practiced at a prior time in human society.
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set the thames on fire
To achieve something amazing; to do something which brings great public acclaim.
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set the world on fire
have sensational success
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there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
Even if a person is in his or her senior years, with gray hair, he or she can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy.
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trial by fire
A test in which a person is exposed to flames in order to assess his/her truthfulness, commitment, courage, etc.
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trial by fire
A situation in which a soldier or other combatant faces the discharge of opposing weapons, as a test of his or her fortitude.
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trial by fire
Any ordeal which tests one's strength, endurance, or resolve.
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where there's smoke, there's fire
If there is telltale evidence of some event, the event is probably occurring.
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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get
(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."
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burn up
To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
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ack ack
anti aircraft fire
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area of influence
A geographical area wherein a commander is directly capable of influencing operations by maneuver or fire support systems normally under the commander's command or control.
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beyond words
In recalling an incident, in observing an accident, any or all of which can be disastrous and shocking. A destructive fire and explosion may leave one awestruck and beyond words to describe.
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blaze away
to fire (firearms) repeatedly
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company
It took six companies to put out the fire.
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dry powder
A powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fire
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file off the serial numbers
To remove the copyrighted elements from an existing work of fan fiction so that it may be commercially published as original fiction.
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firing line
The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle
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give somebody the heave-ho
To fire, expel or break up with someone.
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give someone the boot
To fire, to sack, to dismiss.
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give someone the heave-ho
to fire, expel or break up with someone.
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give the boot
To fire, to sack, to dismiss.
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go up in smoke
To catch fire and burn.
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hose down
To put out or reduce a fire by squirting water on the fire with a hose.
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keep in
to stay blazing (of a fire)
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keep in
To cause (a fire) to stay blazing
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pin down
1) Hold Under Submission, (Wrestling: 2) Restrain enemy attack, return fire, and movement:
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pull the trigger
To fire a gun.
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shoot up
To fire many bullets at.
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stage-door Johnny
A devoted fan of live theatre and of performing artists, who habitually spends time in and around theatres.
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