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lighted the blue touchpaper

lighted the blue touchpaper is the simple past and past participle of light the blue touchpaper.

Meaning of light the blue touchpaper

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

Questions about lighted the blue touchpaper

What is lighted the blue touchpaper the simple past and past participle of?
Lighted the blue touchpaper is the simple past and past participle of light the blue touchpaper.

Words near lighted the blue touchpaper in the dictionary

  1. lightcyclers
  2. lighted
  3. lighted along
  4. lighted down
  5. lighted into
  6. lighted the blue touchpaper
  7. lighted the touch-paper
  8. lighted the touchpaper
  9. lighted up
  10. lighten
  11. lighten someone's purse

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