4Stimulate or excite (the imagination or an emotion). {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, priceGranularity: customGranularity, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_btmslot_mobile_flex' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971079', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195457', size: [300, 50] }}, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654157' }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_rightslot' }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_rightslot2' }}, googletag.pubads().setTargeting('cdo_alc_pr', pl_p.split(",")); To play with fire in the figurative sense "risk disaster, meddle carelessly or ignorantly with a dangerous matter" is by 1861, from the common warning to children. {code: 'ad_contentslot_2', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [336, 280]] } }, PIE apparently had two roots for fire: *paewr- and *egni- (source of Latin ignis). { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971081', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776336', position: 'btf' }}, "sign-up": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/auth/signup?rid=READER_ID", { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654174' }}, a set of mathematical instructions or rules that, especially if given to a computer, will help to calculate an answer to a problem, Between you, me and the gatepost: idioms connected with secrets, Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. }); Definitions include: of a female, attractive. iasLog("__tcfapi useractioncomplete or tcloaded ", tcData, success); What does FIRE stand for? bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776160', position: 'atf' }}, A process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke; combustion or burning. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162050', zoneId: '776342', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448837' }}, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a9690ab01717182962182bb50ce0007', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot4_mobile_flex' }}, Definitions include: indicates something is of high quality or tastes excellent; ". { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '387232' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776144', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_topslot' }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776148', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, Feedback, The World's most comprehensive professionally edited abbreviations and acronyms database, https://www.acronymfinder.com/Slang/FIRE.html, Find Inform Restrict Extinguish (steps to take when a fire is discovered). 'max': 36, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195459', size: [300, 50] }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346693' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '541042770', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_MidArticle' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '555365', size: [160, 600] }}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776142', position: 'btf' }}, iasLog("criterion : cdo_l = en"); {code: 'ad_contentslot_2', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_mpuslot', adUnitPath: '/2863368/mpuslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [320, 100], [320, 50], [300, 50]] } }, { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_topslot_728x90' }}, To set the river on fire, "accomplish something surprising or remarkable" (usually with a negative and said of one considered foolish or incompetent) is by 1830, often with the name of a river, varying according to locality, but the original is set the Thames on fire (1796). { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448834' }}, Definitions include: to engage in coitus. Current spelling is attested as early as 1200, but did not fully displace Middle English fier (preserved in fiery) until c. 1600. Fire away in the figurative sense of "go ahead" is from 1775. Used to give someone permission to begin speaking, typically to ask questions. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654149' }}, "login": { { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448834' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346688' }}, 'increment': 1, { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654153' }}, googletag.pubads().setTargeting("sfr", "cdo_dict_english"); { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot1' }}]}, Related: Fired; firing. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_btmslot' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195455', size: [300, 250] }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot4' }}]}]; Definitions include: to beat up, maim or kill. gdpr: { { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971074', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '448841' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot1' }}]}, bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '1666926', position: 'btf' }}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446381' }}, The hypothetical feat was mentioned as the type of something impossibly difficult by 1720; it circulated as a theoretical possibility under some current models of chemistry c. 1792-95, which may have contributed to the rise of the expression.