Idiom
catch fire
Meaning
To become engulfed in flames, to combust.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Be careful, or the dry leaves will catch fire.”
“The old curtains were too close to the heater and started to catch fire.”
“If the sparks from the furnace reach the wooden floorboards, the entire workshop could catch fire within minutes.”
Examples
simple
“Be careful, or the dry leaves will catch fire.”
contextual
“The old curtains were too close to the heater and started to catch fire.”
complex
“If the sparks from the furnace reach the wooden floorboards, the entire workshop could catch fire within minutes.”
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