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set fire to

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[set fire to] {v. phr.}

To cause to burn; start a fire in.

* /The sparks set fire to the oily rags./

Compare: CATCH FIRE.

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	{v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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