fire up

phrasal verb

fired up; firing up; fires up

: to start (something) by lighting a fire

We fired up the grill for the barbecue.

: to cause (something) to start working

I fired up my computer and got down to work.

Before we start working let's fire up the coffeemaker.

: to fill (someone) with energy or enthusiasm

The coach fired up the players with a pep talk.

—usually used as (be/get) fired up

We were fired up for the concert.

Examples of fire up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Still, Trump and his running mate JD Vance continue to reiterate false claims about immigrants to fire up Trump’s base. —

Alexandra Banner, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024 Storytelling can help us to make peace with that—even to get fired up about that. —

Shane Snow, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 Part of her task in the next two months is to keep her base intact and fired up — and to target the middle. —

Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024 The cryptic post got lots of fans fired up, with some immediately guessing that the purple heart signified BTS’ involvement. —

Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire up

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