English Explanatory Dictionary

pull someone's bacon out of the fire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Synonym of save someone's life (in all senses).

Pronunciation

En-au-pull someone's bacon out of the fire.ogg

Word forms

pull someone's bacon out of the fire pulls someone's bacon out of the fire pulling someone's bacon out of the fire pulled someone's bacon out of the fire pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire pull someone's fat out of the fire

Synonyms

save someone's life

Related words

pull out of the fire save someone's bacon
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