(transitive, idiomatic) to happen to, to occur to.

Synonym of St. Luke's summer.

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) A response to a situation that one thinks has no chance of ever occurring.

An executive who is in charge of the technical affairs of a business, notably as head of the information technology department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board.

(idiomatic) immediately, instantaneously

(idiomatic, slang, vulgar, derogatory) An individual with pretensions of great importance.

(transitive, idiomatic) To save from impending failure, destruction, or defeat.

Synonym of pull someone's bacon out of the fire (“rescue someone, especially at the last moment”) / To do another person's difficult work.

(rugby) fly-half / Alternative form of standoff (sense 2).

Alternative form of pull out of the fire