fuel the flames

Frequency: 6.89.3 per million words

often figurative, meaning to make a bad situation worse.

flameVERB + flames

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Examples (10)

  • The politician's controversial comments only served to fuel the flames of public anger.
  • Social media posts can fuel the flames of conspiracy theories.
  • His inflammatory remarks will only fuel the flames of the ongoing debate.
  • The leaked documents are likely to fuel the flames of scandal.
  • Don't fuel the flames by responding to their provocations.
  • The opposition's criticism will fuel the flames of government controversy.
  • Her accusations only fueled the flames of suspicion against him.
  • The media coverage seemed designed to fuel the flames of public outrage.
  • Economic uncertainty continues to fuel the flames of social unrest.
  • We shouldn't fuel the flames of division in our community.