add fuel to the fire
verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026
to make a situation worse by adding to the cause of the problem
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
—45%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Variants
- pasttense
- added fuel to the fire
- presentparticiple
- adding fuel to the fire
- thirdpersonsingular
- adds fuel to the fire
- pastparticiple
- added fuel to the fire