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fuel
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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
add fuel to the fire
to make a situation worse than it already is. Should the government warn the public of terrorist threats, or is this merely adding fuel to the fire?
See also: add, fire


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``It is a huge endorsement because VICA is a very well regarded organization representing a huge chunk of the city of Los Angeles and this just adds fuel to the fire that Mayor Villaraigosa has already lit.
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The tiny morsel offered during "Me and My Shadow" (which also includes Williams cheekily ad-libbing, "[We're] closer than Ricky to confessing he's gay") only adds fuel to the fire.
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