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fire

 
 
/faɪər/ verb

Translation

GUN [I, T] to shoot a bullet from a gun
ateş etmek
She fired three shots at him.161
JOB [T] informal to tell someone they must leave their job
işten çıkarmak, kovmak, yol vermek
[often passive] I was fired for being late.1438
fire sb's imagination to make someone very excited or interested in something
birinin hayal gücünü harekete geçirmek/alevlendirmek
11082415
fire questions at sb to ask someone questions quickly one after the other
soru bombardımanına/yağmuruna tutmak
1167
fire sb up phrasal verb
to make someone excited or angry
birini alevlendirmek/kızdırmak; heyecanlandırmak/hiddetlendirmek
He always gets so fired up about politics.2415989
(Definition of fire verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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