add oil
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English
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 加油 (jiāyóu), particularly in Hong Kong contexts via its Cantonese pronunciation gaa1 jau4-2, sometimes credited to shouts of support during the Macau Grand Prix. Cf. cooking with gas, gas up, fuel up, etc.
Pronunciation
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Verb
add oil (third-person singular simple present adds oil, present participle adding oil, simple past and past participle added oil)
References
- ^ “add oil, n.” under “add, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2021; “add oil, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
