fire sth up
— phrasal verb with fire uk/faɪər/us/faɪr/verb
to start a machine or computer program:
The old plane was firing up its engines.
This system uses voice activation to fire up its web browser.
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Machines - Functioning
- actuate
- asthmatically
- faulty
- function as sth/sb
- functionally
- operation
- operational
- operative
- order
- pack
- pack up
- peg
- perform
- play up
- right
- roll
- start
- tick
- torpor
- work
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