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
The rubbish-heap had grown high and Canon Wrottesley had determined to put a match to it.
From Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir by Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah)
Oh, and I'll put a match to the fire—it's quite cold enough.
From The Splendid Folly by Pedler, Margaret
