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Definition of put out fires
put out fires
verb
- to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.)
I've been putting out fires all morning, so I haven't had time to update the client's account information.
- See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.
Last edited on Nov 08 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 08 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem': | |
| Definitions include: fully; extraordinarily; powerfully. | |
| Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.) | |
| Definitions include: a metaphorical place suggesting a difficult situation or period of time. | |
| Definitions include: a small problem. | |
| Definitions include: a stubborn person. | |
| Definitions include: in a situation one can't cope with. | |
| Definitions include: Past tense of "screw". | |
| Definitions include: someone or something who will die soon. | |
| Definitions include: something that has many difficult issues. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "personal problem." | |
| Definitions include: a problem that, in reality, demonstrates one's good fortune. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment. | |
| Definitions include: to greatly confuse a person. | |
| Definitions include: confused, problematic, troublesome. | |
| Definitions include: something very difficult. | |
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Other terms relating to 'fire': | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: one of many made up "sex moves" that are demeaning towards women. | |
| Definitions include: an event in which occupants of a stopped car (usually at a traffic signal) exit the car, run around it, and then re-enter the car. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "die in a fire". | |
| Definitions include: strong insult. | |
| Definitions include: to become overwhelmed with information. | |
| Definitions include: a massive disaster. | |
| Definitions include: to attack a teammate. | |
| Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.) | |
| Definitions include: to engage in coitus. | |
| Definitions include: an abdomen with many red stretch marks, which resemble flames. | |
| Definitions include: a person with red pubic hair. | |
| Definitions include: to be highly stoned. | |
| Definitions include: to begin to smoke marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: to be at one's peak performance. | |
Other terms relating to 'out': | |
| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use. | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: to ask a person on a date. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
| Definitions include: to defecate; "poop". | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch". | |
| Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.) | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: See also balls to the wall. | |
| Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury. | |
| Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
Other terms relating to 'put': | |
| Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "put it in your butt". | |
| Definitions include: a pimp's primary prostitute. | |
| Definitions include: place down | |
| Definitions include: to be quiet; "shut up". | |
| Definitions include: to risk everything on a single unlikely event. | |
| Definitions include: to delay a topic until a future time. | |
| Definitions include: to be quiet. | |
| Definitions include: to incarcerate. | |
| Definitions include: to kill an animal, usually due to injury, sickness, or disease. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate liquid feces. | |
| Definitions include: to deflate someone's over-inflated ego. | |
| Definitions include: see in the buck. | |
| Definitions include: to swear, to promise that something you have done happened. | |
| Definitions include: make one stronger. | |
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