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Fire up   /fˈaɪər əp/   Listen
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Fire  v. t.  (past & past part. fired; pres. part. fring)  
1.
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
2.
To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.
3.
To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge. "Love had fired my mind."
4.
To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
5.
To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
6.
To light up as if by fire; to illuminate. "(The sun) fires the proud tops of the eastern pines."
7.
To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a rifle, pistol, or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.
8.
To drive by fire. (Obs.) "Till my bad angel fire my good one out."
9.
(Far.) To cauterize.
10.
To dismiss from employment, a post, or other job; to cause (a person) to cease being an employee; of a person. The act of firing is usually performed by that person's supervisor or employer. "You can't fire me! I quit!"
To fire up,
1.
to light up the fires of, as of an engine; also, figuratively, to start up any machine.
2.
to render enthusiastic; of people.


Fire  v. i.  
1.
To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.
2.
To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
3.
To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.
To fire up, to grow irritated or angry. "He... fired up, and stood vigorously on his defense."





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"Fire up" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the windows, they would pour in a volley at him, but after riddling every shutter on the first floor they could still hear the bear tearing around in there and growling. So Bartholomew and the others got into the cellar, and as the bear crossed the floor they would fire up through it at about the spot where they thought he was. But the bombardment only seemed to exasperate the animal, and after each shot they could hear ...
— Elbow-Room - A Novel Without a Plot • Charles Heber Clark (AKA Max Adeler)
... passengers are cheering the captain, who is sitting on the safety-valve to keep it down with his weight, go as far as you can from the engine, and lose no time, especially if you hear the captain exclaim, 'Fire up, boys! put on the resin!' Should a servant call out, 'Those gentlemen who have not paid their passage will please to go to the ladies' cabin,' obey the summons without a moment's delay, for then an ...
— The Jest Book - The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings • Mark Lemon
... at Ruth. Women are so terribly apt in handling any subject to make it personal. Would she fire up, or would she, like so many women, join in abuse of her own sex? She did neither. She was looking straight in front of her, absently watching the figures of Dare and Molly in the next field. Then she turned her grave, thoughtful glance ...
— The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers • Mary Cholmondeley
... fire up to the cabin, that's all. Buell's horse can run some. I cut the men loose, and we made up across the ridge, got lost, surrounded by fire, and then I got Herky to help me start a back-fire ...
— The Young Forester • Zane Grey
... / I can the burden say That ever now in secret / upon my heart doth weigh: To well-tried friends and steady / are told our inmost woes." —Siegfried at first was pallid, / but soon his blood like fire up-rose. ...
— The Nibelungenlied - Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original • trans. by George Henry Needler


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