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frying pan

noun

a shallow pan with a handle, for frying food
also frypan fry′·pan′

noun

frying pan Idioms

out of the frying pan into the fire

from a bad situation into a worse one

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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