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went on fire

went on fire is the simple past of go on fire.

Meaning of go on fire

Verb

go on fire (third-person singular simple present goes on fire, present participle going on fire, simple past went on fire, past participle gone on fire)

  1. (dialectal, informal) To catch fire.

Questions about went on fire

What is went on fire the simple past of?
Went on fire is the simple past of go on fire.

Words near went on fire in the dictionary

  1. went off the res
  2. went off the reservation
  3. went off the rez
  4. went on
  5. went on by
  6. went on fire
  7. went on holiday
  8. went on one's merry way
  9. went on record
  10. went on strike
  11. went on the account

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