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building a fire underphrasepresent participle of build a fire under to rouse to strong feeling or actionHe was a well-known self-help guru who could build a fire under anyone to finally take those next steps. arousing, encouraging, exciting, firing (up), impassioning, inciting, instigating, moving, piquing, provoking, revving (up), sparking, stimulating, stirring fanning, igniting, inflaming(also enflaming), kindling, triggeringactivating, animating, driving, energizing, galvanizing, inducing, inspiring, keying (up), motivating, motiving, pumping up, quickening, setting off, vitalizingabetting, fermenting, fomenting, raising, whipping (up)angering, enraging, maddening, upsettingjeering, taunting, teasingaggravating, annoying, bothering, exasperating, galling, getting, irritating, vexing calming, soothing, subduing, tranquilizing(also tranquillizing)appeasing, mollifying, pacifying, placating |