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brush fire
noun
1.
a fire in an area of bushes, shrubs, or brush, as distinct from a forest fire.
2.
any small but persistent problem, as within a large organization, a department of a government, or between nations: border skirmishes and other international brush fires.
Origin:
1770–80, Americanism
1770–80, Americanism
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Brush-fire
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