fire up
Example Sentences
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You might go out to work and let the house cool down; then return home and fire up the furnace.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
That includes lower-surface cruise missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles that fire up and over the roughly 35,000 feet that commercial flights typically operate at.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
In January, Embold reported that 44% of respondents said their mental health was much worse since the fire, up from 36% in June and September, and 39% said it was somewhat worse.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
He hopes a deeper relationship with European neighbours can help fire up Britain's insipid economy and inject life into a premiership that has so far been deeply unpopular with the public.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
Anyhow, I’ll load on, fire up the outboard, go down creek to the harbor, fetch a bucket of bait from Dev Murphy, then off again to wherever I’m setting traps.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
