Comments on: Fire up https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fire-up-ignite/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:10:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fire-up-ignite/#comment-15485 Fri, 03 May 2024 14:12:50 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21880#comment-15485 In reply to Henriette.

Perfect!

]]> By: Henriette https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fire-up-ignite/#comment-15475 Wed, 01 May 2024 19:10:41 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21880#comment-15475 When Max Verstappen fires up his engine, he usually is on his way to another victory.

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fire-up-ignite/#comment-15409 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:06:37 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21880#comment-15409 In reply to Claudio.

This works except for “later.” I think you mean he waited too long. So you can say, “My friend waited too long to fire up the grill, so the barbecue took a while.” Or, “…fired up the grill later than he should have…” or “…fired up the grill later than he had planned to, so…”

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fire-up-ignite/#comment-15406 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:05:28 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21880#comment-15406 In reply to Huy.

perfect!

]]> By: Claudio https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fire-up-ignite/#comment-15402 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:38:43 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21880#comment-15402 My friend fired the grill up later and the barbucue took a while to be served.

]]> By: Huy https://plainenglish.com/expressions/fire-up-ignite/#comment-15399 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:37:12 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21880#comment-15399 I need to fire up the computer to start working on a project.

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