catch fire
Example Sentences
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Should the Americans suddenly catch fire, they could even begin to dream about the all-time winter record of 16 golds, set by Norway at the last Olympics.
In truth, Newcastle have yet to catch fire six months into the campaign.
From BBC
San Jose caught fire as the capital of Silicon Valley and grew to surpass San Francisco.
A red-hot ember floated down to the dry brown pine needles at their feet, and Akira watched as the pine needles caught fire with a whoomp.
From Literature
It turned out to be a bigger event than anybody expected because the pizza-parlor ovens caught fire half an hour before the presentation.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
