Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lighting a fire under

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
light-ing a -fire un-der
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle of light a fire under

Questions

What does lighting a fire under mean?
present participle of light a fire under

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