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Examples
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When I made the fire-drill and fire-socket, it was for her.
Chapter 21 2010
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Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press Firefighters aimed at a target during an annual fire-drill competition in Mumbai Monday.
Asia in Pictures 2012
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When she approached the record player, the boys fire-drill sprang out of their chairs.
The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010
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When she approached the record player, the boys fire-drill sprang out of their chairs.
The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010
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When she approached the record player, the boys fire-drill sprang out of their chairs.
The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010
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When she approached the record player, the boys fire-drill sprang out of their chairs.
The Madonnas of Echo Park Brando Skyhorse 2010
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Maybe we should consider this a fire-drill of what it will be like when the Neocons do lock down the internet (all in the same of saving the children from pornography or the country from terror, no doubt), and use this sense of concern we have to fight to keep our freedom of speech.
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The movie studios have cooked up a Congressional fire-drill whose objective is nothing less than total control over the computer and electronics industry.
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A few fish were still in fire-drill mode, racing around.
Stillwater William F. Weld 2002
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A few fish were still in fire-drill mode, racing around.
Stillwater William F. Weld 2002
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