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set sth/sb on fire
Definition
› to cause something or someone to start burning: A peace campaigner had set herself on fire in protest over the government's involvement in the war.Starting fires
(Definition of set sth/sb on fire from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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set sth out phrasal verb (ARRANGEMENT)
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set sth out phrasal verb (DETAILS)
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set sth up phrasal verb
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set sth/sb apart phrasal verb
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set sth/sb back phrasal verb
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set sth/sb up phrasal verb
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set the agenda idiom
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set the scene idiom
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set the scene/stage idiom
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set the wheels in motion idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Starting fires
Synonyms and related words:
- bellows noun
- firelighter noun
- ignite verb
- ignition noun
- incendiary adjective (FIRE)
- kindle verb (FIRE)
- kindling noun
- light noun (FLAME)
- light verb (START FLAMES)
- make sth up phrasal verb (PREPARE)
- match noun (STICK)
- put sth out phrasal verb (STOP BURNING)
- set fire to sth/sb idiom
- strike verb (HIT)
- tinder noun
- torch verb
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