pull out of the fire

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Tosavefromimpendingfailure,destruction, ordefeat.1929August 19, “Sport: Alexander the Great”, inTime:But there was another, keener reason why Pitcher Alexander wanted topullthis gameout of the fire, which he proceeded to do by holding Philadelphia scoreless for four innings while his St. Louis clubmates made three more runs.1990January 28, “Lewis Mumford, a Visionary Social Critic, Dies at 94”, inNew York Times, retrieved23 October 2011:"He is the writer of fresh possibilities, . . . of the clarion call to halt the current madness andpullthe worldout of the fire," wrote Joseph Epstein, the social critic.1999,Marge Piercy,Three Women, published2001,→ISBN,page40:She hadpulledmore than one caseout of the firewith a brilliant closing.

Examples:

EN: So how many people did you pull out of the fire?
ES: Entonces, ¿cuánta gente sacaron del incendio?
EN: We got a business we're trying to pull out of the fire.
ES: Tenemos un negocio que estamos tratando de sacar del fuego.
ID: Kita harus menyelamatkan bisnis kita.
EN: So, how many people did you pull out of the fire?
ID: Berapa orang yang kau selamatkan dari kebakaran?

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