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fuel

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.12 sec.
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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