Usually means: Ignite and burn rapidly, intensely.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. catch fire: Merriam-Webster
  2. catch fire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. catch fire: Collins English Dictionary
  4. catch fire: Vocabulary.com
  5. catch fire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. catch fire: Wiktionary
  7. catch fire: Dictionary.com
  8. catch fire: Rhymezone
  9. catch fire: FreeDictionary.org
  10. catch fire: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. catch fire: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. catch fire: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. catch fire: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. catch fire: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (catch fire)

verb:  (idiomatic) To become engulfed in flames, to combust.
verb:  (figurative) To become very popular or widespread; to take off.
verb:  (figurative) To be inspired by passion or zeal.

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