"pour fuel on the fire" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: pours fuel on the fire [present, singular, third-person], pouring fuel on the fire [participle, present], poured fuel on the fire [participle, past], poured fuel on the fire [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pour fuel on the fire (third-person singular simple present pours fuel on the fire, present participle pouring fuel on the fire, simple past and past participle poured fuel on the fire)
  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of add fuel to the fire Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: add fuel to the fire [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-pour_fuel_on_the_fire-en-verb-TvPdodyL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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