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Definition of fight fires
fight fires
verb
- to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.)
I'm dreading getting back from vacation. I'm going to spend the next month fighting fires.
- See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.
Last edited on Dec 12 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 12 2015.
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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem': | |
| Definitions include: a small problem. | |
| Definitions include: to encounter difficulties. | |
| Definitions include: too difficult. | |
| Definitions include: fraught with difficulty. | |
| Definitions include: "impossible". | |
| Definitions include: in a situation one can't cope with. | |
| Definitions include: penis. | |
| Definitions include: confused, problematic, troublesome. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment. | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of goner. | |
| Definitions include: Past tense of "screw". | |
| Definitions include: to deal with urgent problems (usually at work.) | |
| Definitions include: fully; extraordinarily; powerfully. | |
| Definitions include: a hindrance in some quest or extended task. | |
| Definitions include: a favor or kind deed. | |
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Other terms relating to 'fight': | |
| Definitions include: a grand party. | |
| Definitions include: a light-hearted verbal duel between two people. | |
| Definitions include: a fight between two or more females. | |
| Definitions include: to perform a task in which the resources to complete it are woefully inadequate. | |
| Definitions include: to have a vested interest in the outcome of a situation. | |
| Definitions include: a gathering with many more males than females. | |
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 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. | |
| Definitions include: a gun. | |
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