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Unfire
verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Hypothetically, to undo the firing of (a weapon). transitive
"You can't unfire a gun."
- 2 To hire again (a person who was fired). transitive
"J. J. Jameson: [talking to Peter Parker] Where you been? Looked for you all morning! Why don't you pay your phone bill? Mad scientist goes berserk and we don't have pictures! […] Where were you? Photographing squirrels? You're fired! Receptionist: Chief, the planetarium party. J. J. Jameson: Oh, right. You're unfired. I need you to come here. What do you know about high society? […] Don't answer that. My society photographer got hit in the head by a polo ball. You're all I got."
Etymology
From un- + fire.
See also for "unfire"
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