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set the world alight en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of set the world on fire.
    • "I didn't set the world alight on my first day, and look at me now. Half the West Riding hangs on my words." 1988, David Nobbs, Pratt of the Argus:

Forms

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sets the world alight Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
set the world alight Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
set the world alight Tense=Past lexicographic
setting the world alight Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic