set the world ablaze

A form of set the world on fire — To do something remarkable or sensational.

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Meanings

verbset the world ablaze (third-person singular simple present sets the world ablaze, present participle setting the world ablaze, simple past and past participle set the world ablaze)

present singular third person sets the world ablaze · participle present setting the world ablaze

  1. alternativeAlternative form of set the world on fire.

    He had come to Carnegie Hall not to imitate him but to channel him with the self he happened to be at that moment, not at all the green folkie who had set the world ablaze just a few years earlier.

    2011, David Yaffe, Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown, page 16
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APA

set the world ablaze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20the%20world%20ablaze

MLA

“set the world ablaze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20the%20world%20ablaze. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set the world ablaze,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20the%20world%20ablaze.

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