"lighting the blue touchpaper" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lighting the blue touchpaper
  1. present participle and gerund of light the blue touchpaper Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: light the blue touchpaper
    Sense id: en-lighting_the_blue_touchpaper-en-verb-2kQB~lrY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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