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set the world on fire

idiom

To do something remarkable or sensational.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    add fuel to the fire

    To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.

  2. 02

    all over the world

    throughout the world, everywhere, worldwide, globally.

  3. 03

    all set

    Ready, prepared, equipped.

  4. 04

    ball of fire

    A person who is especially active, ambitious, hard-working, or high-achieving.

  5. 05

    catch fire

    To become engulfed in flames, to combust.

  6. 06

    come into the world

    To be born.

  7. 07

    coming into the world

    The act of being born; a birth.

  8. 08

    dead to the world

    Sound asleep.

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