to fire
- verb
- /faɪər/
- The coach knows how to fire up the team before the championship game.
- fire the imagination
- fire enthusiasm
- fire up the spirit
Let's put that I'm incapable of not being fired up.
- Let's put that I'm incapable of not being fired up.
- I know there's a whole bunch of people with that right there that fires me up.
- So I don't mean to get violent there, get fired up, but Keurig should be held accountable.
- Then creating a little oil slick to fire them up like naked figures harbored in my bed.
Examples
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Let's fire it up and I'll show you some code.
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I am so fired up.
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Oh, yeah, we're really fired up.
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You gotta fire it up now!
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God, am I fired up.
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Strike up the band, fire up that old grill.
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Okay, well, then I think it is time, ladies and gentlemen, that we fire up those frequencies.
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Partly what still keeps me fired up is my belief in the right to appeal.
Fiction book (1991) -
They're cheerful and positive; they set achievement goals, and they get fired up with enthusiasm.
Academic text (1994) -
I'll tell you what, the third round is going to be very interesting, 'cause I don't know what they said to Scott Voss in the corner, but he is fired up.
Synonyms
To make feelings, arguments or actions stronger
To cause something to start, often an idea or strong feeling
To cause strong feelings or excitement
To make someone feel a strong emotion
Cause a reaction or feeling
To bring a memory, image, or feeling to mind
Make people feel excited and ready to act
Cause a feeling or strong reaction in people
To cause strong feelings in someone
To add fuel or stir a fire to make it burn hotter
To make someone want to work harder and faster
To cause a strong feeling or interest to begin
Make someone feel very excited and interested in something
To make someone feel a strong emotion
To make someone feel strong excitement or deep emotion
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Make someone do what they promised or take responsibility by pressuring them
- Informal
To make a bad situation worse by saying or doing something that makes people angrier
Save someone from a difficult situation at the last moment
- Informal
Strong energy and passion that continue even when someone gets older
To pay attention to something unimportant instead of the main task
- Informal
Escaping a bad situation and ending in a much worse one
- Archaic
To cause great excitement or a big effect, often said to mean something is not impressive
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A group that sends people to put out fires and help in emergencies in the local area
A staircase or metal ladder on the outside of a building used to get out during a fire
- Formal
A person who makes sure buildings are safe from fire, investigates fires, and enforces fire safety rules
A practice where people leave a building to be safe during a fire or other emergency
- Specialized
Intense gunfire aimed near an enemy to keep them from shooting back while friendly troops move
- Formal
A set of rules made by authorities about buildings to prevent fires and keep people safe
- Informal
A very difficult test that shows if someone can do a job under pressure
- Specialized
A slow burn in the layer of dead leaves and wood under the soil, often without visible flames
- Specialized
Gunfire from the ground aimed at enemy planes to stop an air attack
- Specialized
Shooting at a target you cannot see using calculations or people who watch
- US
A large fast fire that burns across dry grassland and spreads quickly in strong wind
- Specialized
Continuous gunfire aimed at an enemy to stop them firing or moving so friendly troops can advance
- Specialized
A system that uses radio waves to aim and fire weapons at military targets
- Specialized
Gunfire by other soldiers or tanks that protects attacking soldiers from the enemy
- Specialized
A fast forest fire that moves through the tops of trees, often moving ahead of the fire on the ground
- Specialized
Gunfire that goes along the length of a line of soldiers, causing heavy damage
- Specialized
A serious disease caused by bacteria that makes apple and pear shoots and flowers turn black and die
- Specialized
A system that finds and aims weapons at military targets on ships or tanks
- Specialized
A blue glow that appears on pointed objects like ship masts or airplane wings during thunderstorms
- Specialized
Gunfire aimed near friendly troops to protect them from immediate enemy threats
- Specialized
Fire from guns aimed at enemy mortar positions to destroy or stop them
- Specialized
A planned heavy attack with artillery to weaken enemy forces before an assault
- Specialized
Fire from heavy guns at enemy targets far behind friendly troops to disrupt supplies and reinforcements
How Strongly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fire meaning 'to inspire or provoke feeling' uses the image of lighting a flame inside someone; from fyr meaning 'flame', to 'fire' someone up is to start their energy or passion. So the verb keeps the idea of starting a strong inner heat.