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fire up (third-person singular simple present fires up, present participle firing up, simple past and past participle fired up)

1. (transitive) To ignite.

   Synonyms: inflame, kindle; see also Thesaurus:kindle

   Let's fire up the grill and have a barbecue.

2. (intransitive) Of an engine or similar, to start.

   Synonyms: fire, start up

   The generator fired up shortly after the power failure began.

3. (transitive, computing, informal) To launch; to run.

   Synonyms: activate, start up

   Fire up a text editor.

   Fire up your computer.

4. (transitive) To excite; to infuse with energy.

   Synonyms: ginger up, spice up; see also Thesaurus:enliven

   The band went out to fire up the crowd before the game.

5. (intransitive, dated) To grow irritated or angry.

   Synonym: anger

   • 1911, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Bunyan, John”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica‎^[1]:

     He […] fired up, and stood vigorously on his defence.

• ⇒ Greek: φαερόπ (faeróp) (as adverb)

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