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add fuel to the fire/flames
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add fuel to the fire/flames
to make an argument or a bad situation worse. His mild words only added fuel to the fire. Isabelle was furious.
See also: add, fire, flame, fuel
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to allow the fire to burn itself out rather than add fuel to the flames by engaging in adversarial argument in print or television" (p.
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