"set the world on fire" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "With reference to the Bible, the Gospel according to Luke, ch. 12, v.49 Lk.12.49",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sets the world on fire",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting the world on fire",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set the world on fire",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set the world on fire",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "set the world on fire (third-person singular simple present sets the world on fire, present participle setting the world on fire, simple past and past participle set the world on fire)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Fun (lyrics and music), “We Are Young”:",
          "text": "Tonight\nWe are young.\nSo let’s set the world on fire.\nWe can burn brighter than the sun.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do something sensational."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sensational",
          "sensational"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To do something sensational."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "set the Thames on fire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "do something sensational",
          "word": "de wereld met verbazing slaan"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "set the world on fire"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "With reference to the Bible, the Gospel according to Luke, ch. 12, v.49 Lk.12.49",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sets the world on fire",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "setting the world on fire",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set the world on fire",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set the world on fire",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Fun (lyrics and music), “We Are Young”:",
          "text": "Tonight\nWe are young.\nSo let’s set the world on fire.\nWe can burn brighter than the sun.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do something sensational."
      ],
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        [
          "sensational",
          "sensational"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To do something sensational."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "set the Thames on fire"
        }
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "do something sensational",
      "word": "de wereld met verbazing slaan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set the world on fire"
}