Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is fan the flames and its meaning is “increase feelings/emotions, usually a bad one; stir up, whip up, incite, instigate, provoke, trigger/kindle, foment”.
Example Sentence: Let’s imagine, if we still can, a president who truly loved our country. Surely that leader’s heart would break to see how deep and hostile our divisions have become. So what are we to think when Donald Trump exploits our problems in his bid for re-election, when he fans the flames of hatred, when he responds not like a grieving leader but like a dog-fight fan at a dog fight, like a giddy (irresponsible/silly), unpleasant 12-year-old playing a violent video game.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The fabric of American society can easily unravel. It’s happened elsewhere and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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