set on fire

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set someone on fire

Fig. to excite someone; to make someone passionate. (Based on set fire to someone or something.) Her oratory set everyone on fire. Ted's presentation didn't exactly set me on fire, but it was a good summary of the project.

See also: fire, set

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At length, in the war of 1812, her dwelling was set on fire by English soldiers, prisoners on parole, when she was away, and her cat and dog and hens were all burned up together. Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context Sixty-eight pounders to demolish huts of cocoanut boughs, and Congreve rockets to set on fire a few canoe sheds! Typee by Melville, Herman View in context The house in which the copies were was set on fire and they were all burned. English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context More results

? References in classic literature

At length, in the war of 1812, her dwelling was set on fire by English soldiers, prisoners on parole, when she was away, and her cat and dog and hens were all burned up together.

Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context

Sixty-eight pounders to demolish huts of cocoanut boughs, and Congreve rockets to set on fire a few canoe sheds!

Typee by Melville, Herman View in context

The house in which the copies were was set on fire and they were all burned.

English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context

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