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lights the blue touchpaper

lights the blue touchpaper is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lights the blue touchpaper

What is lights the blue touchpaper the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lights the blue touchpaper is the third-person singular simple present indicative of light the blue touchpaper.

Words near lights the blue touchpaper in the dictionary

  1. lights off
  2. lights on
  3. lights one's hair on fire
  4. lights out
  5. lights someone's ass up
  6. lights the blue touchpaper
  7. lights the touch-paper
  8. lights the touchpaper
  9. lights up
  10. lights up a room
  11. lights up like a Christmas tree

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