set the world aflame

English

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of set the world on fire
   • 2005, Kevin Courrier, Randy Newman's American Dreams‎^[1], page 32:

     There is no danger that these visionary cranks will set the world aflame, but a compelling world is tucked away within their music, a world that sets them apart, too, from the bland and homogeneous conventions that mark the path to pop stardom.