"add fuel to fire" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1859, Pye Henry Chavasse, Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Offspring, 6th edition, London: John Churchill, New Burlington Street, page 97:",
          "text": "Depend upon it, there is always a cause for want of appetite; […] inflammation may be in the system, food would then be improper, as it would only add fuel to fire: therefore, let the cause be an over-worked stomach, overloaded bowels, fever, or inflammation, food will be injurious.",
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          "ref": "1867 October, “‘Our Van.’ The Invoice.—September Scrapings.”, in Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume XIV, number 92, London: A. H. Baily & Co., Cornhill, page 50:",
          "text": "We have no wish to add fuel to fire, and perhaps the whole circumstance of Pastorelle cutting such a very different figure to what she did on the first day was purely accidental.",
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        "Alternative form of add fuel to the fire."
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  "word": "add fuel to fire"
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      "form": "adds fuel to fire",
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "added fuel to fire",
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    },
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