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light the touchpaper idiom (alsolight the blue touchpaper) to make a bad or extreme situation start happening or to make someone react in an angry or extreme way: The president was fearful of lighting a touchpaper that could spark greater unrest. It takes a lot to light the blue touchpaper, but when I blow, duck. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Starting and beginning be in the first flush ofidiom be/get in on the ground flooridiom become begin branch out develop get down to businessidiom grow half-cock here here goes!idiom hit the ground runningidiom motion start on something start out start/set/get the ball rollingidiom starting stirring the ground floor wheel |