alight on

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alight (up)on someone or something

to land on something; [for a bird or other flying animal] to come to rest on something. (Upon is more formal than on.) A small bird alighted on the branch directly over my head. It alighted upon the branch and began to sing.

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A second cabin was set alight on nearby Philadelphia Lane on December 26, then a warehouse on the same street on New Year's Day and a trailer on Friday. Spate of arson attacks probed by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) A small pop-up tent had been set alight on the third floor landing. Danger bonfires tackled by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) The prosecution say Nugent went out and bought petrol and deliberately set his victim alight on July 15 last year following an argument after a night in the pub. Memory loss of drunken petrol killer by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			aim to do ain ain't fittin' to roll with a pig ain't got a grain of sense ain't got the brains God gave a squirrel Ain't it the truth? ain't particular air air belly air dirty linen in public air grievances air lungs air out air paunch air pores airs and graces airy-fairy aisle al fresco alarm albatross around neck alert alienate from alight alight from alight on align align oneself with align with alike alike as peas in a pod alive alive and kicking alive and well alive with all agog all along all along the line all and sundry all around Robin Hood's barn all at once all better all but all by lonesome All cats are gray in the dark all day long all dressed up and nowhere to go all ears all eyes all eyes and ears all eyes are on			aliform ALIFS ALIG Aligarh Aligarh Aligarh Muslim Old Boys Association Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Association Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union Aligarh University Aligator Aligator Aligator Aligator Aliger, Margarita Aliger, Margarita Iosifovna Aligerous Alighieri Alighieri Alighieri Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri, Dante Alighieri, Dante alight alight alight alight alight alight alight from alight on alighted alighted alighted alighted on alighted on alighting alighting alighting alighting alighting area alighting area alighting gear alighting on alighting on alights alights alights alights on alights on align align align align align align oneself with align with aligned aligned aligned aligned

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