Everyone uses me to climb higher
Some use me to put out fires
Say, something's fishy?
Then something is a-me!
Me, the leftover from an Empire
What am I?
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Sign up to join this communityEveryone uses me to climb higher
Some use me to put out fires
Say, something's fishy?
Then something is a-me!
Me, the leftover from an Empire
What am I?
I think the answer is
Foot
Everyone uses me to climb higher
Usually climbing involves hands and feet
Some use me to put out fires
You can stamp out a small fire with your foot, e.g, crushing a cigarette
Say, something's fishy?
Possibly referring to the Red Garra foot treatment.
Then something is a-me!
The game is afoot!
Me, the leftover from an Empire
Edit: The foot is a imperial unit of linear measurement, leftover from the British Empire.
Original: The southern part of Italy is often described as shaped like a boot so maybe the leftover part of the Roman Empire could be described as the "foot".
I is (or you are)
a letter.
Everyone uses me to climb higher
which is a ladder.
Some use me to put out fires
which is lather.
Say, something's fishy?
which might be leather.
Then something is a-me!
not sure yet - might be alerter.
Me, the leftover from an Empire
which are or which is the latter.