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catch (on) fire

to ignite and burn with flames. Keep your coat away from the flames, or it will catch fire. The curtains blew against the flame of the candle and caught on fire.

See also: catch, fire

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With us two it is for life and death, and I am rather pleased that there is something yet in him that can catch fire on occasion. The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context He saw the man's eyes catch fire, the muscles of his face twitch, he saw Ernestine shrink back, white with terror and the man followed her. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context At length they rose from the water in their proper forms, but darting such flames of fire from their mouths that we dreaded lest the palace should catch fire. The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context			cast up cast vote cast-iron cast-iron stomach castle castles in the air cat cat can look at a king cat got tongue Cat got your tongue? cat has nine lives cat in gloves catches no mice catapult into catbird catch Catch 22 catch as catch can catch at catch at a bad time catch breath catch cold catch dead to rights catch death catch death! catch eye catch fire catch forty winks catch from catch hell catch hold of catch in catch in the act catch it Catch me later catch napping catch off guard catch on catch on the hop catch onto catch out catch red-handed catch sight of catch some rays catch some Zs catch the next wave catch the wave catch to it catch up in catch up on catch with catch with pants down			catch crop catch crop Catch Cropping catch crops catch crops catch dead to rights catch death catch death catch death catch death catch death catch death of cold catch death of cold catch death of cold catch death of cold catch death! catch doing catch drain catch drift Catch Effort Landing Return Catch Everyone Being Right catch eye catch eye catch eye catch eye catch eye catch fancy catch fancy catch fancy catch fancy catch fire catch flat-footed catch forty winks catch from catch hell catch hell catch hell catch hell catch hell catch hold of catch in catch in the act catch in the act catch in the act catch in the act catch in the act catch in the act catch it catch it catch it catch it catch it catch it in the neck catch it in the neck catch it in the neck Catch light Catch Me if You Can Catch me later Catch me some other time catch napping catch napping

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