How to Use light a fire under (someone) in a Sentence

light a fire under (someone)

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• But that didn’t mean the fan favorite couldn’t try to light a fire under some butts on his way out the door.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• Tell her to get on the phone and light a fire under someone so that her dress does arrive on time.
  — Sara Belcher, People.com, 5 July 2025
• Allowed Roberts to get heated and light a fire under his team.
  — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 18 June 2025
• Perhaps, then, this new paper will light a fire under the field of fire science.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 17 Dec. 2020
• Just a taste of a what a strike can feel like can light a fire under negotiations.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023
• As Faris notes, this was exactly what Democrats needed to light a fire under their base.
  — Ryan Cooper, The Week, 16 Sep. 2021
• Minnifield and Dixon wanted to light a fire under their defense.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 3 Dec. 2021
• Garrett was undoubtedly trying to light a fire under his teammates as well as himself.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2021
• Whether the intention was to actually put his name on the trade market or light a fire under the team doesn’t matter at this point.
  — Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
• Gruden may be praising Mariota as a way to light a fire under Carr.
  — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2020
• The walk to the beach takes around 15 minutes, and the sight of the ocean ahead, in a dip between two green hills, will light a fire under anybody.
  — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
• Atlanta badly needed a power hitter, someone who could light a fire under the offense.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• Pitino drew criticism for his post-game tirade but has since claimed it was measured, intended to light a fire under his players.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2024
• To say these are the kinds of shows that will light a fire under you in the kitchen would be an overstatement bordering on condescension for many of us.
  — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
• Otherwise, its effort to light a fire under HBO Max could leave scorch marks.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2020
• On the break between the second and third set, Keys wandered close enough to the courtside box for a chat and found her coach trying to light a fire under her.
  — Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
• But the scale of the FTX collapse is likely to light a fire under regulators around the world.
  — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
• The promise of sotatercept has helped light a fire under Acceleron’s shares in the past couple of years and swelled its market value.
  — Ben Dummett, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2021
• And that's not even including the saintly mamas who have died to light a fire under their sons (hi, Thor and Shang-Chi).
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 July 2022
• Musk may have felt this warning would light a fire under employees and engage their entrepreneurial thinking.
  — Lynne Curry | Alaska Workplace, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2022
• Cox plan to light a fire under unemployed Utahns by nixing benefits is merely smoldering.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2021
• With North American trade in focus, this may actually give a respite to stocks with supply chains elsewhere and light a fire under them.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
• Primary elections rarely light a fire under most California voters.
  — John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022
• Conferences provide great potential for business professionals to light a fire under their careers.
  — John Hall, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
• The stunning decision by Biles should light a fire under sports organizations to do a better job of helping athletes with burnout and mental health issues.
  — Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
• Musk acknowledged helping hire lawyers to shepherd the acquisition through board confirmation and holding weekly meetings to light a fire under the due-diligence process.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2021
• There’s no telling what’s to come, but Baylor fans should be thrilled that Aranda was able to pull this off and light a fire under Shapen following a disappointing season.
  — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
• Hopefully, coming up short this season will light a fire under the team for the 2025 NFL Season.
  — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
• But instead of letting this light a fire under her, Mistress continued to spiral this week, landing back in the bottom two after a subpar talent show performance and so-so runway look.
  — Andy Swift, TVLine, 11 July 2025
• Leave it to Virat Kohli, India's talismanic batter who doubles as a renowned provocateur, to try to light a fire under his beleaguered team.
  — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024