build a fire under (someone or something)

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build a fire under (someone or something)

To motivate someone or something to take action. The deadline really built a fire under us—we never would have gotten all that work done otherwise. Something must have built a fire under Jenna—she has really started taking her schoolwork seriously.

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Build & Acquire
build (one's) hopes on (someone or something)
build (something) on sand
build (something) out over (something)
Build a bear
Build a Better Mousetrap
Build a Better Society
Build a book
Build A Bridge and Get Over It
build a case
build a case against
build a case against (someone or something)
build a case against her
build a case against him
build a case against it
build a case against me
build a case against one
build a case against them
build a case against us
build a case against you
build a castle in Spain
build a castle in the sky
Build A Figure
build a fire under
build a fire under (someone or something)
build a fire under her
build a fire under him
build a fire under it
build a fire under me
build a fire under one
build a fire under somebody
build a fire under someone
build a fire under something
build a fire under them
build a fire under us
build a fire under you
Build A Niche Store
Build a Relationship of Trust
Build a Wildlife Area
Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything
Build Adult Learning Co-Operative
Build America Bond
Build and Analyze Lattices, Surfaces, And Clusters
Build and Enhance Value Solutions
Build and Update Utility
build around
build around (someone or something)
build around her
build around him
build around it
build around me
build around one
build around somebody
build around someone
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