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Discover LudwigThe phrase "fought fire" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the act of combating a fire, typically in the context of firefighting or emergency response.
Example: "The firefighters bravely fought fire for hours to save the nearby homes."
Alternatives: "battled the flames" or "combated the fire."
Idiom
Fight fire with fire.
If you fight fire with fire, you fight something or someone using a very similar or the same way as they are fighting you.
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"I fought fire with fire.
"We fought fire right over there and right over there, with the aircraft".
Deciding that the fire in the north tower could not be fought, fire officials focused on evacuation and rescue.
The All Blacks fought fire before taking control but the Wallabies went at Wales from the start.
MIMA, to 30 Oct RC The feminist art agitator Judith Bernstein has long fought fire with fire.
Alberto Coll fought fire with ice last week as he confronted provacative actions of former President George W. Bush's war on terror.
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"Fight fire with fire".
"We had to fight fire with fire".
You need to fight fire with fire".
Or fight fire with fire?
"I guess you fight fire with fire".
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