Meanings
present singular third person lights the blue touchpaper · participle present lighting the blue touchpaper · participle past lit the blue touchpaper · past lit the blue touchpaper · participle past lighted the blue touchpaper · past lighted the blue touchpaper
- idiomaticSynonym of light the touch-paper.
Sterling lit the blue touchpaper on a thunderous atmosphere when he curled in a precision finish from the edge of the area after only four minutes, but Spurs responded with a double from Son Heung-min as he took advantage of errors by Aymeric Laporte.
2019 April 17, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 4-3 Tottenham Hotsput”, in BBC NewsSynonyms: light the touch-paper
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of light the touch-paper.
Cite this entry
light the blue touchpaper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20the%20blue%20touchpaper
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