put out a fire

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put out a fire

Used other than as an idiom: put out a fire.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'put out a fire':

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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