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To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

(usually used in third person form "gets") Annoying or irritating (someone)

Present participle for to cause something to begin to work

Present participle for to drive spiritually or urge someone on

Present participle for become very angry in reaction to something

Present participle for to instigate an action or event

(of a process) Present participle for to speed up

Present participle for to disturb mentally or emotionally

Present participle for to operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle

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To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

galvanizing^US

energising^UK

energizing^US

galvanising^UK

lighting a fire under

firing the imagination of

firing the enthusiasm of

fueling^US

mobilizing^US

firing with enthusiasm

leading to

setting in motion

mobilising^UK

getting someone going

making waves

bringing on

fanning the flames of

giving someone a kick

putting the screws on

building a fire under

stunning

astonishing

giving a shot in the arm

acting as a incentive to

acting as a stimulus to

favouring^UK

favoring^US

giving the incentive to

maneuvering^US

twisting someone's arm

manoeuvring^UK

being responsible for

catalyzing^US

giving someone a charge

knocking one's socks off

getting things rolling

catalysing^UK

starting the ball rolling

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

seeing someone through

rooting for

keeping someone going

smoldering^US

smouldering^UK

putting the screws to

exerting influence on

using strong-arm tactics on

going to town on

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“Derby games invariably fire up the supporters.”

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(usually used in third person form "gets") Annoying or irritating (someone)

rubbing up the wrong way

giving someone the hump

driving mad

driving crazy

driving nuts

making someone see red

getting in someone's hair

getting on one's nerves

getting on someone's nerves

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

getting someone's dander up

getting someone's goat

getting someone's hackles up

getting someone's wick

getting under someone's skin

getting up someone's nose

gnawing

harrying

making someone's blood boil

making someone's hackles rise

rattling someone's cage

ruffling someone's feathers

trying someone's patience

rankling

making your blood boil

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

driving to distraction

beleaguering

getting under your skin

giving someone grief

getting up your nose

driving round the bend

hacking you off

getting your dander up

driving round the twist

getting in your hair

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

hitting where one lives

rubbing the wrong way

irritating greatly

empurpling

getting a rise out of

exciting

getting under one's skin

making your hackles rise

putting someone's nose out of joint

agonizing^US

giving someone a hard time

agonising^UK

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

discriminating against

terrorizing^US

breathing down someone's neck

terrorising^UK

bending someone's ear

criticizing^US

brutalizing^US

tantalizing^US

brutalising^UK

tantalising^UK

rubbing you up the wrong way

criticising^UK

causing agony to

making things hot for someone

dishonoring^US

sticking in one's craw

getting in one's hair

setting one's teeth on edge

driving you up the wall

getting on somebody's nerves

wearing on

doing an injustice to

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

bearing a grudge towards

ruffling one's feathers

souring

disparaging

suffering from

getting your hackles up

punishing repeatedly and unfairly

putting your nose out of joint

mixing up

wigging

getting someone

trying the patience of

bringing pressure to bear on

ridiculing

jarring upon

setting your teeth on edge

trying one's patience

rubbing one the wrong way

inflicting anguish on

upsetting the apple cart

getting in the hair of

razzing

getting on the nerves of

taking the mickey out of

taking the piss out of

messing with

nailing to cross

hanging on a cross

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

boning

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

getting across someone

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

giving someone the works

inflicting pain on

working over

inflicting suffering on

stepping on the toes of

storming

sieging

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

giving one the business

leaving no stone unturned

searching high heaven

libeling^US

libelling^UK

playing the heavy with

messing over

riding roughshod over

demonizing^US

making it hot for someone

exiling

sticking the knife into

expelling

dragooning

getting the knife into

doing a disservice to

demonising^UK

having your knife into

finding fault

moaning on at

keeping complaining to

taking it out on

moaning at

egging

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Present participle for to cause something to begin to work

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Present participle for to drive spiritually or urge someone on

energizing^US

galvanizing^US

energising^UK

galvanising^UK

lighting a fire under

geeing up

giving a shot in the arm to

fueling^US

hitting the ground running

acting as a fillip to

getting one going

acting as a impetus to

increasing

commoving

giving a new lease of life to

turning on

acting as a incentive to

acting as a stimulus to

building a fire under

boosting someone's morale

giving confidence to

spiriting someone up

raising the morale of

giving hope to

psyching up

stimulating spiritually

lifting the spirits of

stiffening the resolve of

breathing new life into

kick-starting

giving new strength to

putting some spark into

modernising^UK

modernizing^US

blowing away the cobwebs

bringing back to life

lifting the morale of

brushing up

cooling down

putting new strength in

putting new heart into

putting new life into

giving a new lease on life

succouring^UK

giving condolences to

expressing sympathy to

lifting

succoring^US

tranquillizing^UK

upraising

showing compassion to

tranquilizing^US

showing fellow feeling to

expressing sympathy

expressing sympathy for

switching on

starting up

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Present participle for become very angry in reaction to something

boiling over with rage

exploding

flying into a passion

flying off the handle

going ape

going through the roof

seeing red

bursting a blood vessel

getting all steamed up

going off the deep end

going postal

having a cow

having a conniption fit

beginning to rant and rave

smoldering^US

smouldering^UK

getting steamed up about

getting hot under the collar

working oneself into sweat

frothing at the mouth

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Present participle for to instigate an action or event

catalysing^UK

catalyzing^US

getting things rolling

giving rise to

putting in motion

starting the ball rolling

organizing^US

kicking something off

bringing into existence

moulding^UK

molding^US

organising^UK

modelling^UK

modeling^US

laying the foundations of

making arrangements for

maneuvering^US

being responsible for

manoeuvring^UK

modernizing^US

modernising^UK

laying the first stone of

getting something going

laying the cornerstone of

getting something off the ground

getting something moving

embarking on

getting something functioning

getting something working

mobilizing^US

marshaling^US

marshalling^UK

mobilising^UK

reaching an agreement on

working something out

having the bright idea of

getting off the ground

thinking on one's feet

doing off top of head

flying by the seat of one's pants

throwing something together

visualizing^US

visualising^UK

making preparations for

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(of a process) Present participle for to speed up

smoothing the way for

running interference for

smoothing the path of

assisting the progress of

oiling the wheels for

going faster

getting faster

picking up speed

lessening the labour of

opening the door to

reducing the difficulty of

accomplishing quickly

ironing out the difficulties of

paving the way

taking the sting out

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Present participle for to disturb mentally or emotionally

hurting somebody's feelings

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Present participle for to operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle

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