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pours gasoline on the fire

pours gasoline on the fire is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pour gasoline on the fire.

Meaning of pour gasoline on the fire

Verb

pour gasoline on the fire (third-person singular simple present pours gasoline on the fire, present participle pouring gasoline on the fire, simple past and past participle poured gasoline on the fire)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of add fuel to the fire.
    • Instead of using the opportunity to ease the tensions between Bonn and Washington, Acheson chose to pour gasoline on the fire.1992, Douglas Brinkley, Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years, 1953-71, Yale University Press, published 1992, →ISBN, page 295

Questions about pours gasoline on the fire

What is pours gasoline on the fire the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pours gasoline on the fire is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pour gasoline on the fire.

Words near pours gasoline on the fire in the dictionary

  1. pours cold water on
  2. pours down
  3. pours down the drain
  4. pours forth
  5. pours fuel on the fire
  6. pours gasoline on the fire
  7. pours good money after bad
  8. pours honey on
  9. pours in
  10. pours into
  11. pours oil on troubled waters

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