catch fire

[catch fire] {v. phr.}

1. To begin to burn.

/When he dropped a match in the leaves, they caught fire./

2. To become excited.

/The audience caught fire at the speaker's words and began to cheer./

/His imagination caught fire as he read./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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