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light the blue touchpaper

light the blue touchpaper verb: synonym of light the touch-paper.

Verb

light the blue touchpaper (third-person singular simple present lights the blue touchpaper, present participle lighting the blue touchpaper, simple past and past participle lit the blue touchpaper or lighted the blue touchpaper)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of light the touch-paper.
    • Sterling lit the blue touchpaper on a thunderous atmosphere when he curled in a precision finish from the edge of the area after only four minutes, but Spurs responded with a double from Son Heung-min as he took advantage of errors by Aymeric Laporte.2019 April 17, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 4-3 Tottenham Hotsput”, in BBC News

Synonyms of light the blue touchpaper

Forms of light the blue touchpaper

third-person singular presentlights the blue touchpaper
present participlelighting the blue touchpaper
past participlelit the blue touchpaper
pastlit the blue touchpaper
past participlelighted the blue touchpaper
pastlighted the blue touchpaper

Questions about light the blue touchpaper

What does light the blue touchpaper mean?
Light the blue touchpaper means synonym of light the touch-paper.
What part of speech is light the blue touchpaper?
Light the blue touchpaper is a verb.
What is the past tense of light the blue touchpaper?
The past tense of light the blue touchpaper is lit the blue touchpaper.

Words near light the blue touchpaper in the dictionary

  1. Light Sussex
  2. light switch
  3. light switches
  4. light table
  5. light tables
  6. light the blue touchpaper
  7. light the fuse
  8. light the touch-paper
  9. light the touchpaper
  10. light therapies
  11. light therapy

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