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
Kimber," she said, as the maid appeared, "I am shivering—just put a match to the fire.
From A Woman's Burden by Hume, Fergus
Please a plate, put a match to the seam and really then really then, really then it is a remark that joins many many lead games.
From Tender Buttons Objects—Food—Rooms by Stein, Gertrude
