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light one's hair on fire

light one's hair on fire is the alternative form of set one's hair on fire.

Meaning of set one's hair on fire

Verb

set one's hair on fire (third-person singular simple present sets one's hair on fire, present participle setting one's hair on fire, simple past and past participle set one's hair on fire)

  1. (idiomatic) To become wildly impassioned; to behave crazily.
    • "It was perceived that we were opening a party house where people could drink and run amok and generally set their hair on fire," said Bill Hobson, executive director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center.2009 March 31, Vanessa Ho, “Study: Seattle home for alcoholics saved taxpayers $4 million”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 22 Sep 2017
    Synonyms:
    freak out, lose it

Forms of light one's hair on fire

third-person singular presentlights one's hair on fire
present participlelighting one's hair on fire
past participlelit one's hair on fire
pastlit one's hair on fire

Questions about light one's hair on fire

What is light one's hair on fire the alternative form of?
Light one's hair on fire is the alternative form of set one's hair on fire.

Words near light one's hair on fire in the dictionary

  1. light off
  2. light oil
  3. light on
  4. light on one's feet
  5. light on the hill
  6. light one's hair on fire
  7. light opera
  8. light operas
  9. light orange
  10. light organ
  11. light organs

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