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feed into something
phrasal verb with feedverbuk /fiːd/ us /fiːd/past tensefed | past participlefed
to add to something, making it bigger, more successful, more extreme, etc.:
They believe such campaigns feed into unrest.
I don't want to feed into the rumours that I'm some sort of eccentric.
Newspaper articles like this feed into divisive "them and us" attitudes.
Exploration of the actor's own experiences of grief fed into the development of his character.
Focusing too much on the severity of the challenges you face can feed into your pain and increase it.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Increasing and intensifying
accretion
accumulate
accumulative
accumulatively
add fuel to the fireidiom
blaze
fade
go up
growing
growingly
heighten
hot up
inflation
mushroom
ratchet something up/down
re-escalate
re-escalation
reach a crescendo
redouble
stake
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