put a match to
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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
Fielding set some coffee and water into one of the vacuum makers, put a match to the alcohol burner.
From The Five Arrows by Allan Chase
As Fanny spoke she knelt down by the guard, put a match to the already well-laid fire, and soon it was crackling and roaring up the chimney.
From Betty Vivian A Story of Haddo Court School by L. T. Meade
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