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watch fire

noun

Definition of watch fire

: a fire lighted as a signal or for the use of a guard

Examples of watch fire in a Sentence

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 The fire's intense heat stretched across the street onto a large gathering of onlookers who watched fire crews trying put out the blaze. — Glenn E. Rice, Robert A. Cronkleton And Max Londberg, kansascity, "Roof collapses, fire still raging at office building in North Kansas City | The Kansas City Star," 8 May 2018

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First Known Use of watch fire

1735, in the meaning defined above

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