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fire offTo ask an unexpected question rapidly.Rate it:

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fire on all cylindersTo operate as effectively as possible.Rate it:

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fire outto shoot outRate it:

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fire upTo excite; to infuse with energy.Rate it:

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fire upTo ignite.Rate it:

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fire upTo start.Rate it:

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fire upTo start, to launch, to ignite.Rate it:

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fire-breathingThat emits flame from the mouth or nostrils.Rate it:

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fire-breathingcaustic, vitriolic or scathingRate it:

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fire-breathingThat shoots fire from the mouth or nostrilsRate it:

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fire-breathingCaustic, vitriolic or scathing.Rate it:

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firing lineThe line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battleRate it:

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flame outburn up, fire up, flame up, flare upRate it:

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fouette, cocher!Fire away! Go ahead!Rate it:

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fuego a discreciónfire at will!Rate it:

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fuoco a volontàfire at will!Rate it:

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get on like a house on fireTo immediately start a good relationship with someoneRate it:

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give somebody the heave-hoTo fire, expel or break up with someone.Rate it:

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give someone the bootTo fire, to sack, to dismiss.Rate it:

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give someone the heave-hoto fire, expel or break up with someone.Rate it:

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give the bootTo fire, to sack, to dismiss.Rate it:

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go up in smokeTo catch fire and burn.Rate it:

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habit de velours, ventre de sonSilks and satins put out the kitchen fire.Rate it:

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hair-on-fireImpassioned, wild, crazy, rage-filled, frantic.Rate it:

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he/she is on fireWhen someone is described as being 'on fire' they are performing at their absolute best, they're unstoppable, unbelievable, very impressiveRate it:

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heart pounding widly like a forest fireHis heart was beating very fast like a wildfire spreadingRate it:

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hell, fire and brimstonehorror and destructionRate it:

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hold someone's feet to the fireTo maintain personal, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions.Rate it:

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hold your fireWait, don't retaliate, calm down, be quiet.Rate it:

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hold your fireDo not discharge your weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder, now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile.Rate it:

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hose downTo put out or reduce a fire by squirting water on the fire with a hose.Rate it:

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I've burned myselfIndicates that the speaker is physically hurt due to contact with fire or heat.Rate it:

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ignem alereto keep up a fire.Rate it:

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ignem concipere, comprehendereto take fire.Rate it:

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ignem conclamareto raise an alarm of fire.Rate it:

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ignem excitare (pro Mur. 25. 51)to make up, stir up a fire.Rate it:

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ignem facere, accendereto light, make a fire.Rate it:

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ignem inferre operibus (B. C. 2. 14)to set fire to the siege-works.Rate it:

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ignem tectis inferre, subicereto set fire to houses.Rate it:

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il mène plusieurs affaires de frontHe carries on several schemes simultaneously; He has many irons in the fire.Rate it:

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il n'a pas inventé la poudreHe will never set the Thames on fire.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas de feu sans fuméeThere is no smoke without fire.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas courir deux lièvres à la foisYou must not have too many irons in the fire.Rate it:

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il se mettrait en quatre pour un amiHe would go through fire and water for a friend.Rate it:

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in navem (hostium) transcendereto throw grappling irons on board; to board.Rate it:

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in vincula (custodiam) dare aliquemto put some one in irons, chains.Rate it:

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in vincula, in catenas conicere aliquemto put some one in irons, chains.Rate it:

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incendio flagrare, or simply conflagrare, ardere (Liv. 30. 7)to be on fire, in flames.Rate it:

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inflammare urbemto set fire to a city.Rate it:

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irons in the firetasks in progress.Rate it:

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