put a match to
Example Sentences
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But the botched raid nonetheless put a match to the fuse of the Civil War.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024
“You don’t put a big log on the fire and put a match to it and expect it to burn — it’s not going to happen. Fires are driven by kindle.”
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2018
It was as if someone had put a match to a leaking gas pipe.
From Time Magazine Archive
She thought, like an idiot as she is, that it would be fun to put a match to the fireworks when all our backs were turned, and make us start with surprise.
From The Crown of Success by A. L. O. E.
Concepcion reached down a cup and saucer from a glazed cupboard and put a match to the spirit-lamp under the kettle.
From The Pretty Lady by Bennett, Arnold
