pull someone's bacon out of the fire

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Verb

pull someone's bacon out of the fire (third-person singular simple present pulls someone's bacon out of the fire, present participle pulling someone's bacon out of the fire, simple past and past participle pulled someone's bacon out of the fire)

  1. (idiomatic) To rescue someone, especially at the last moment.

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