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lighting the blue touchpaper

lighting the blue touchpaper is the present participle and gerund 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 lighting the blue touchpaper

What is lighting the blue touchpaper the present participle and gerund of?
Lighting the blue touchpaper is the present participle and gerund of light the blue touchpaper.

Words near lighting the blue touchpaper in the dictionary

  1. lighting rig
  2. lighting rigs
  3. lighting someone's ass up
  4. lighting technician
  5. lighting technicians
  6. lighting the blue touchpaper
  7. lighting the touch-paper
  8. lighting the touchpaper
  9. lighting up
  10. lighting up a room
  11. lighting up like a Christmas tree

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