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sets one's hair on fire

sets one's hair on fire is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set one's hair on fire.

Meaning of set one's hair on fire

Verb

set one's hair on fire (third-person singular simple present sets one's hair on fire, present participle setting one's hair on fire, simple past and past participle set one's hair on fire)

  1. (idiomatic) To become wildly impassioned; to behave crazily.
    • "It was perceived that we were opening a party house where people could drink and run amok and generally set their hair on fire," said Bill Hobson, executive director of the Downtown Emergency Service Center.2009 March 31, Vanessa Ho, “Study: Seattle home for alcoholics saved taxpayers $4 million”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 22 Sep 2017
    Synonyms:
    freak out, lose it

Questions about sets one's hair on fire

What is sets one's hair on fire the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sets one's hair on fire is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set one's hair on fire.

Words near sets one's hair on fire in the dictionary

  1. sets on a pedestal
  2. sets on fire
  3. sets on foot
  4. sets one's cap at
  5. sets one's face against
  6. sets one's hair on fire
  7. sets one's hand to
  8. sets one's heart on
  9. sets one's shoulder to the wheel
  10. sets one's sights
  11. sets one's watch back

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