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on fire

Idioms  

  1. see set on fire; set the world on fire.

Example Sentences

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But the longer between intervals where there’s a spark that sets it on fire, the more that accumulates.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

"Needless to say the group chat was on fire that day," Coles said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The house the band was staying in caught on fire and that was the end of that chapter.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

The camera rises through a roof that’s on fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Tracer bullets are bullets that are on fire so that they are visible to the person doing the shooting.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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