put on the fire
Example Sentences
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“Every engine that we could put on the fire is on the fire right now, and more are coming,” he said.
From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2018
The North Koreans had had their kettle knocked off the stove in the south, but in the center and east they had other pots to put on the fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile other Catholics zealously stirred the still cold pot of a Congressional investigation of Mexican "religious persecutions" which Senator Borah had put on the fire in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sunday came, and while the ant was with her friends, the mouse said: "My dear little ant, I am going to see whether the meat that you have put on the fire is done."
From Italian Popular Tales by Crane, Thomas Frederick
They'd bring in two, three big logs and put on the fire and they'd last near a week.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
