unfire

present singular third person unfires · participle present unfiring · participle past unfired · past unfired

1. transitiveHypothetically, to undo the firing of (a weapon).

   You can't unfire a gun.

2. transitiveTo hire again (a person who was fired).

   1 more example

   J. J. Jameson: [talking to Peter Parker] Where you been? Looked for you all morning! Why don't you pay your phone bill? Mad scientist goes berserk and we don't have pictures! […] Where were you? Photographing squirrels? You're fired! Receptionist: Chief, the planetarium party. J. J. Jameson: Oh, right. You're unfired. I need you to come here. What do you know about high society? […] Don't answer that. My society photographer got hit in the head by a polo ball. You're all I got.

   2004, Spider-Man 2 (film)