fire up

verb

fired up; firing up; fires up

1

: to start (something) by lighting a fire

We fired up the grill for the barbecue.

2

: to cause (something) to start working

I fired up my computer and got down to work.

Before we start working let's fire up the coffeemaker.

3

: to fill (someone) with energy or enthusiasm

The coach fired up the players with a pep talk.

—usually used as (be/get) fired up

We were fired up for the concert.

Examples of fire up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Associate Test Kitchen manager Inés Anguiano was stationed by the grill, firing up carne asada to top off nachos from Foods of La Frontera. —Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 June 2026

The home crowd streaming into the stadium in Palo Alto, California, was as fired up as any in the world, Rothenberg recalled. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 June 2026

The Menzingers were getting fired up over a couple of beers, talking about their new album when the topic of where to record came up. —Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026

Your Grill or Barbecue Area For many households, summer officially begins the moment the grill is fired up. —Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 9 June 2026

Rhymes for fire up

• buttercup
• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup