Fire and Work up

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Fire verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.

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Work up and fire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work up" instead a verb "Fire".

Nearby Words: fired, fireball, firing, fireside, fireplace

Work up verb - To produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort.

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Fire and work up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fire" instead a verb "Work up".

Besides being unable to correct any girl who thinks she's engaged to him, at the end of The Inimitable Jeeves he can't work up the courage to fire Jeeves, or even tell him off, after Jeeves has fooled one too many influential people into thinking he's insane.

Source: Can Not Spit It Out

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