(transitive with à) (informal, figuratively) to get out of a tight spot, to help out of a jam; to take a weight off someone's shoulders; to be a relief

to draw straws

(informal, figuratively) to take all the credit, to take more than one's share

to pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (to do someone else's difficult work)

(figuratively, informal) to chase rainbows, to build castles in the air, to reach for the stars, to shoot for the moon (to make overly ambitious plans)

to scrape by, to live from hand to mouth, to feel the pinch, to have trouble to make ends meet, not to have enough to live

Obsolete spelling of tirer le diable par la queue

(figuratively) to shoot oneself in the foot

first-person singular future of tirer

second-person singular future of tirer