put on the fire
Example Sentences
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“Every engine that we could put on the fire is on the fire right now, and more are coming,” he said.
From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2018
The North Koreans had had their kettle knocked off the stove in the south, but in the center and east they had other pots to put on the fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile other Catholics zealously stirred the still cold pot of a Congressional investigation of Mexican "religious persecutions" which Senator Borah had put on the fire in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
From Time Magazine Archive
To fry the herbs requires twenty-five minutes; to boil all together, one hour and a half; to settle, at the least, two hours; when clear, and put on the fire again, half an hour more.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William
It took ten minutes to boil eggs, two to three hours for potatoes, and beans for dinner were usually put on the fire at supper time the day before.
From A Gold Hunter's Experience by Hambleton, Chalkley J.
