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put out a fire
vb. 1 (context idiomatic English) To address a problem, especially an unexpected one caused by the incompetence, negligence, or misconduct of another person. 2 (&lit put out a fire English)
Usage examples of "put out a fire".
They were figuring out the best way to help put out a fire in a remote village.
He'd been throwing Bard-magic around as if he'd been trying to put out a fire, but even in the middle of a fight, his work was neat, disciplined, careful, the work of a fully trained Bard, confident in his skill.
His faith in American righteousness in World War II was shattered when he found that he had killed a German fireman who was trying to put out a fire that American bombers had started.