Betekenis van firefighting In het Nederlands

• 0 the activity of stopping fires burning

• 1 spending time on problems that need to be dealt with quickly, instead of working in a calm, planned way:

  • I spend all my time firefighting rather than making any progress.

• 2 the time and effort that someone uses to deal with problems within a company or organization that need attention immediately, instead of dealing with its ordinary business:

  • Too much time is spent firefighting rather than moving the business forward.