fan the flames (English, verb)
expansion: fan the flames (third-person singular simple present fans the flames, present participle fanning the flames, simple past and past participle fanned the flames)
Senses:
glosses: To intensify or worsen an already difficult situation.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: fans the flames
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fanning the flames
tags: participle
present
form: fanned the flames
tags: participle
past
form: fanned the flames
tags: past