"add fuel to the flame" meaning in English

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Verb

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. Alternative form of add fuel to the fire. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: add fuel to the fire
    Sense id: en-add_fuel_to_the_flame-en-verb-df-WC14t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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