"light someone's fire" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lights someone's fire [present, singular, third-person], lighting someone's fire [participle, present], lit someone's fire [participle, past], lit someone's fire [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|light<,,lit> someone's fire}} light someone's fire (third-person singular simple present lights someone's fire, present participle lighting someone's fire, simple past and past participle lit someone's fire)
  1. (slang) To excite or arouse someone; to turn someone on. Tags: slang Related terms: turn someone's head
    Sense id: en-light_someone's_fire-en-verb-TofXtoON Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1967, The Doors (Robby Krieger, Jim Morrison, et al.), “Light My Fire” (song), on The Doors (album), Elektra Records",
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