fire up

fire up
verb
1. arouse or excite feelings and passions
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The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor

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The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world

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Wake old feelings of hatred

Syn: ↑inflame, ↑stir up, ↑wake, ↑ignite, ↑heat
Derivationally related forms: ↑heat (for: ↑heat), ↑inflammatory (for: ↑inflame), ↑inflammation (for: ↑inflame), ↑inflaming (for: ↑inflame)
Hypernyms:
arouse, ↑elicit, ↑enkindle, ↑kindle, ↑evoke, ↑fire, ↑raise, ↑provoke
Hyponyms: ↑ferment
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. begin to smoke
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After the meal, some of the diners lit up

Syn: ↑light up, ↑light
Derivationally related forms: ↑light (for: ↑light)
Hypernyms: ↑ignite, ↑light
Entailment: ↑smoke
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

(for: ↑light)

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fire up
1. To start a fire
2. To fly into a passion
3. To excite or enthuse
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Main Entry:fire

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ˌfire ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they fire up he/she/it fires up present participle firing up past tense fired up past participle fired up] phrasal verb
to make someone feel very enthusiastic

She’s all fired up about this new course she’s taking.

Thesaurus: to make someone feel excited, enthusiastic or impressedsynonym
Main entry: fire

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fire up [phrasal verb]
1 fire (something) up or fire up (something)
1 a : to start (something) by lighting a fire

We fired up the grill for the barbecue.

1 b : to cause (something) to start working

I fired up my computer and got down to work.

Before we start working let's fire up the coffeemaker.

2 fire (someone) up or fire up (someone) : to fill (someone) with energy or enthusiasm

The coach fired up the players with a pep talk.

— usually used as (be/get) fired up

We were fired up for the concert.

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Main Entry:fire

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