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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'kick the tires and light the fires' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions kick the tires and light the fires verb  (US) (used by fighter pilots) To take off. Etymology: From kick the tires, referring to a preflight check of the landing gear+ light the fires, referring to the ignition of the afterburners, a part of the engine which burns extra fuel for a speed boost during takeoff.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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