put the fire out
idiom
: to stop a fire from burning
Firefighters put the fire out.
Firefighters put out the fire.
Examples of put the fire out in a Sentence
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The cabin crew is specially trained and equipped to put the fire out.
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Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The hotel roof caved in around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, and first responders were able to put the fire out late Saturday morning.
—Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
The employees put the fire out with a fire extinguisher, Pechin said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
Fifty firefighters from the three township fire departments responded and put the fire out within about 20 minutes, police said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 1 June 2023
Fifty firefighters from the three township fire departments responded and put the fire out within about 20 minutes, police said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 1 June 2023
And the only way to stop that smoke is to put the fire out.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 6 Jan. 2023
After receiving calls about a fire around 9 a.m., Tempe and Mesa crews found a fire in the bedroom of one home and put the fire out, according to Andrea Glass, spokesperson for Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department.
—Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
Firefighters put the fire out in less than an hour, department officials said.
—Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2020
Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The hotel roof caved in around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, and first responders were able to put the fire out late Saturday morning.
—Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
The employees put the fire out with a fire extinguisher, Pechin said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
Fifty firefighters from the three township fire departments responded and put the fire out within about 20 minutes, police said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 1 June 2023
Fifty firefighters from the three township fire departments responded and put the fire out within about 20 minutes, police said.
—Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 1 June 2023
And the only way to stop that smoke is to put the fire out.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 6 Jan. 2023
After receiving calls about a fire around 9 a.m., Tempe and Mesa crews found a fire in the bedroom of one home and put the fire out, according to Andrea Glass, spokesperson for Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department.
—Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
Firefighters put the fire out in less than an hour, department officials said.
—Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2020
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