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Fire up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To ignite. transitive

    "Let's fire up the grill and have a barbecue."

  2. 2
    begin to smoke wordnet
  3. 3
    Of an engine or similar, to start. intransitive

    "The generator fired up shortly after the power failure began."

  4. 4
    arouse or excite feelings and passions wordnet
  5. 5
    To launch; to run. informal, transitive

    "Fire up a text editor."

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  1. 6
    To excite; to infuse with energy. transitive

    "The band went out to fire up the crowd before the game."

  2. 7
    To grow irritated or angry. dated, intransitive

    "He […] fired up, and stood vigorously on his defence."

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