add fuel to the fire
verbid
1749·updated Jun 3, 2026candidate
to make a situation worse by adding to the cause of the problem
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
—45%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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
Framework definitions
- §1
- to make a situation worse by adding to the cause of the problem
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