light a fire under
1light a fire under — see ↑light, 3 • • • Main Entry: ↑fire light a fire under (someone) US informal : to cause (someone) to move or work more quickly and effectively I ve never seen him work so hard. Someone must have lit a fire under him. • • • …
2light a fire under — If you light a fire under somebody, you strongly motivate them to work faster …
3light a fire under — (someone) mainly American to make someone work better or harder. It s time you lit a fire under those guys or they ll never finish painting the house …
4light a fire under — verb To motivate or encourage (someone) to start sooner or move faster. Let me see if I can light a fire under the waiter to get our order sooner …
5light a fire under someone — mainly american informal phrase to make someone work harder Thesaurus: to make someone work hardsynonym Main entry: light * * * I stimulate someone to work or act more quickly or enthusiastically …
6light a fire under someone — light a fire under (someone) mainly American to make someone work better or harder. It s time you lit a fire under those guys or they ll never finish painting the house …
7light a fire under — v. urge someone to move faster, encourage a person to begin sooner …
8light a fire under someone — mainly American informal to make someone work harder …
9Light My Fire — Infobox Single Name = Light My Fire Artist = The Doors from Album = The Doors B side = The Crystal Ship Released = April 1967 Format = Recorded = August 1966 Genre = Psychedelic rock Length = 7:06 (album version) 4:40 (long radio version) 3:07… …
10fire — 1 noun 1 BURNING (U) the flames, light and heat produced when something burns: The warehouse was completely destroyed by fire. | be on fire (=be burning): The house is on fire! | catch fire/catch on fire (=start to burn): Mary knocked the candle… …
