Usually means: Intensify a situation or conflict.
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  1. add fuel to the fire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. add fuel to the fire: Wiktionary
  3. Add Fuel To The Fire: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  4. add fuel to the fire: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (add fuel to the fire)

verb:  (idiomatic) To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see add, fuel, fire.

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