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单词 to get on fire
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to get on fire
(b) To become ignited; to start to burn; = to catch fire at catch v. Phrases 5. Also to get on fire.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > catch fire or begin to burn
quicka1225
kindle?c1225
tindc1290
atend1398
to catch fire (also afire, on fire)c1400
quickenc1425
enkindle1556
fire1565
to set on fire1596
take1612
catch1632
conflagrate1657
to fly on fire1692
to go up1716
deflagrate1752
flagrate1756
inflame1783
ignite1818
to fire up1845
1596 E. L. Romes Monarchie xii. sig. H3v The grudge that smothring lies Within the heart, which canker like doth eate: Vntill such time reuenge, breakes out in heate, And sets on fire, from smoake vnto a flame.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xvii. 147 The Indian canes..if they be first very dry, will of themselues sett on fire.
1711 Mem. Lit. 1 Oct. (1712) I. 323/2 If you put a lighted Candle, or any thing of Fire to this Hole, the Water immediately sets on fire, and boils like Spirit of Wine or Brandy.
1897 Mid Surrey Times & Gen. Advertiser 23 Oct. If the chimney gets on fire, throw salt on the fire.
1954 Manch. Guardian 29 May 10 Isn't every building, when it gets on fire, a death-trap for firemen?
2012 D. Ford Miles of Thoughts 160 The ‘wick theory’..posits that..the wound surreptitiously secrets subcutaneous fat that..somehow sets on fire.
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