Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throw gas on the fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables: throw -gas on the -fire
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of add fuel to the fire.

Example Sentences

"If you let your emotions get the better of you and you respond in kind to the irritated customer, you'll just throw gas on the fire. You may win the argument, but you will almost certainly lose the customer."
"Keeping transactions together is about managing everyone's expectations and being a person who does not throw gas on the fire."
"There is a lot of violence in the world these days. Do not throw gas on the fire by showing a child lots of negative images."
"I believe we saw the incident escalated to a dangerous level by BLM leadership or lack thereof. We teach our local law enforcement people to defuse situations which may arise, not to throw gas on the fire."

Inflected Forms

throws gas on the fire (present, singular) throwing gas on the fire (participle, present) threw gas on the fire (past) thrown gas on the fire (participle, past)

Synonyms

add fuel to the fire

Questions

What does throw gas on the fire mean?: Synonym of add fuel to the fire.

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