stoke up
Britishverb
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to feed and tend (a fire, etc) with fuel
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(intr) to fill oneself with food
Example Sentences
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Keynes begged them to go down the first path, and warned that if they went down the second, it would simply stoke up more hatred and lead to World War II.
From Salon
A council leader has branded the former government's decision to issue a Best Value Notice over a four-day week trial at her authority as a "fruitless attempt to stoke up a culture war".
From BBC
"I have watched with dismay how racist rhetoric has flourished on the internet, across social media sites, spreading disinformation to deliberately stoke up division," they said.
From BBC
SNP MP Alison Thewliss said Mr Sunak had "repeatedly, and very deliberately, sought to stoke up divisions, pander to the far-right and pit communities against each other for electoral gain".
From BBC
With the focus on the Bidens, McCarthy “has strategically taken the position that he is going to stoke up the base in a lot of the rural, red-state areas,” Carrick said.
From Seattle Times
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