fire sth up
— Phrasal Verb with fire /faɪər/ verb [T] (UK also sack)Definition
informal
› IT to start a machine, piece of equipment, computer program, etc.: I fired up my computer and noticed that it was running extremely slowly.
(Definition of fire sth up from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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