catch fire
Verb
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Verb
catch fire
- (idiomatic) To become engulfed in flames.
- (figurative) To become very popular or widespread; to take off.
- 2002, Latifa Al-Zayyat, Marilyn Booth, The Open Door (page 9)
- The news caught fire through the school, and Layla found herself — a mere first-year student at the secondary school — the center of attention and admiration.
- 2002, Latifa Al-Zayyat, Marilyn Booth, The Open Door (page 9)
- (figurative) To be inspired by passion or zeal.
- French: enflammer, prendre feu
- German: Feuer fangen, entflammen
- Portuguese: pegar fogo
- Russian: загора́ться
- Spanish: prender
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