"light the touch-paper" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lights the touch-paper [present, singular, third-person], lighting the touch-paper [participle, present], lit the touch-paper [participle, past], lit the touch-paper [past], lighted the touch-paper [participle, past], lighted the touch-paper [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|light<,,lit:lighted> the touch-paper}} light the touch-paper (third-person singular simple present lights the touch-paper, present participle lighting the touch-paper, simple past and past participle lit the touch-paper or lighted the touch-paper)
  1. (figuratively) To stir people up; to cause anger or excitement. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: light the blue touchpaper
    Sense id: en-light_the_touch-paper-en-verb-AMKP5ozZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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