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unfire

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ fire.

Verb

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unfire (third-person singular simple present unfires, present participle unfiring, simple past and past participle unfired)

  1. (transitive) Hypothetically, to undo the firing of (a weapon).
    You can't unfire a gun.
  2. (transitive) To hire again (a person who was fired).
    • 2004, Spider-Man 2 (film)
      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.

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