catch fire

Verb

Meaning

start to burn or burst into flames

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ignite combust conflagrate take fire kindle burn flame blaze erupt work out flame up do the trick burst into flame be on fire burst into flames

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Antonyms

fail break down abort flop backfire go wrong

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Hypernyms

turn change state

Hyponyms

catch light up

Examples

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further. Franz Kafka

Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius. Scott Lynch

Shooting stars are not stars at all. They re just rocks that enter the atmosphere and catch fire under friction. What we wish on when we see one is only a trail of debris. Jodi Picoult

His feelings for Adam were an oil spill; he'd let them overflow and now there wasn't a damn place in the ocean that wouldn't catch fire if he dropped a match. Maggie Stiefvater

You've the presence of a mouse fart in a high wind. Stand aside, and try not to catch fire if I shed sparks of genius. Scott Lynch

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire. Wendell Berry

Close letter words and terms

catch dust catch feelings catch fence catch fish catch flies catch forty winks