"add fuel to the flame" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-add fuel to the flame.wav [US] Forms: adds fuel to the flame [present, singular, third-person], adding fuel to the flame [participle, present], added fuel to the flame [participle, past], added fuel to the flame [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} add fuel to the flame (third-person singular simple present adds fuel to the flame, present participle adding fuel to the flame, simple past and past participle added fuel to the flame)
  1. Synonym of add fuel to the fire. Synonyms: add fuel to the fire [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-add_fuel_to_the_flame-en-verb-CukC764r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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