to make an argument or a bad situation worse.

His mild words only added fuel to the fire. Isabelle was furious.

• shoot your load
• shoot your mouth off
• shoot yourself in the foot
• shoot your wad
• shop around
• shop talk
• shore up
• shore up something
• short and sweet
• short-arse
• short-change
• short-change someone
• short for
• short for something
• short fuse
• short of
• short of something
• short on
• short on and long on
• short on and long on something else
• short on something
• short on something and long on
• short on something and long on something else
• short sharp shock
• short-term