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go on fire

go on fire verb: to catch fire.

Verb

go on fire (third-person singular simple present goes on fire, present participle going on fire, simple past went on fire, past participle gone on fire)

  1. (dialectal, informal) To catch fire.

Forms of go on fire

third-person singular presentgoes on fire
present participlegoing on fire
pastwent on fire
past participlegone on fire

Questions about go on fire

What does go on fire mean?
Go on fire means to catch fire.
What part of speech is go on fire?
Go on fire is a verb.
What is the past tense of go on fire?
The past tense of go on fire is went on fire.

Words near go on fire in the dictionary

  1. go off the res
  2. go off the reservation
  3. go off the rez
  4. go on
  5. go on by
  6. go on fire
  7. go on holiday
  8. go on one's merry way
  9. go on record
  10. go on strike
  11. go on the account

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