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kick the tires and light the fires Tweet Definition of kick the tires and light the fires Like Definition of kick the tires and light the fires on Facebook
verb 
  1. (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.

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