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Meaning: (chieflyUS,idiomatic,usuallysports)Adisaster; achaoticperson, thing, or situation.2014December 19, “NHL: Oilers lose AHL affiliate Oklahoma City Barons due to attendance issues”, inSports Illustrated, retrieved10 February 2017:As thetire firethat is the Edmonton Oilers rages on, their AHL affiliate is going through a worse ordeal.2016May 18, Kraemer_17, "Listless Blue Jays Embarrassed for 2nd Night,"BluebirdBanter.com(retrieved 10 Feb 2017):The Reds pitching staff is atire fire.2016November 18, David White, “Pro Football: Who We Think Will Win in Week 11”, inNew York Times, retrieved10 February 2017:The Browns . . . threw three quarterbacks into thetire fireagainst Baltimore last week.2017January 26, Jay Willis, “Donald Trump Is Making Shameless Equivocation the Dominant Form of Political Discourse”, inGQ, retrieved10 February 2017:During his hourlongtire fireof an interview . . . the sheer volume of breathtaking lies flippantly uttered by President Trump made it legitimately difficult to decide which one of them posed the most direct threat to American democracy.
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