Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throw gasoline on the fire

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: throw -ga-so-line on the -fire
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of add fuel to the fire.

Example Sentences

"Ish called me, laughing. “Mike, did you know we're in a fight?” We thought it was hysterical, and even joked about actually faking a fight just to throw gasoline on the fire."
"So no, I wasn't going to stand there and throw gasoline on the fire by saying, “Ma, you're right. It looks like Danny hit Rosalia, no matter what she says.”"
"My presence was likely to throw gasoline on the fire, and though I considered Anderson a friend, of sorts, we weren't close enough to justify me sticking my nose into his marital difficulties."
"This is the height of racial paternalism—instead of objectively assessing the facts, the CRS was there to throw gasoline on the fire."

Inflected Forms

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

Synonyms

add fuel to the fire

Questions

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

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