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to fire up
01
to make someone excited, enthusiastic, or motivated, often for a particular purpose or activity
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
up
Base verb
fire
Present tense
fire up
3rd person singular
fires up
Present participle
firing up
Past simple
fired up
Past participle
fired up
Examples
The music at the concert fires up the crowd every time.
02
begin to smoke
