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set the heather alight

set the heather alight is the alternative form of set the heather on fire.

Meaning of set the heather on fire

Verb

set the heather on fire (third-person singular simple present sets the heather on fire, present participle setting the heather on fire, simple past and past participle set the heather on fire)

  1. To create a disturbance.

Forms of set the heather alight

third-person singular presentsets the heather alight
present participlesetting the heather alight
past participleset the heather alight
pastset the heather alight

Questions about set the heather alight

What is set the heather alight the alternative form of?
Set the heather alight is the alternative form of set the heather on fire.

Words near set the heather alight in the dictionary

  1. set store by
  2. set straight
  3. set the ball rolling
  4. set the bar
  5. set the cat among the pigeons
  6. set the heather alight
  7. set the heather on fire
  8. set the land
  9. set the pace
  10. set the record straight
  11. set the scene

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Adapted from Wiktionary: set the heather alight (page history and authors); set the heather on fire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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