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begin to smoke
After the meal, some of the diners lit up -
arouse or excite feelings and passions
Wake old feelings of hatred
The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world
The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
How To Use fire up In A Sentence
- We had better fire up the furnace.
- If that's not enough, you can book ahead to fire up and drive a steam engine for yourself. Times, Sunday Times
- These heat the combustion chambers of the engine cylinders for a few seconds to help the engine fire up from stone cold with minimal exhaust smoke. Times, Sunday Times
- Whereas in a restaurant you fire up the oven, produce food and people hand over cash. Times, Sunday Times
- Put on a helmet, fire up your engine and head out on the open road.
- If anything interesting pops up I'll fire up my newsreader and post a response or make a note for possible inclusion in tomorrow's column.
- We fire up a camping stove hung from the frame. Times, Sunday Times
- Gave me a chance aand I lit a FIRE up under his ass.
- I've been itching for an excuse to fire up my ibrik ever since I found one at PTA Thrift, and the opportunity came this week when I got some super-dark-roasty coffee. Archive 2009-05-01
- Now fire up the grill and then fry some bacon.
