lit match

collocation in English

meaningsoflitandmatch

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lit
adjective
uk
/lɪt/us
/lɪt/
very good, enjoyable, ...
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match
noun
uk
/mætʃ/us
/mætʃ/
mainly UK
a sports competition or event in which two people or teams compete against ...
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(Definition oflitandmatchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflit match

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It is galling to realise that a singlelitmatchcan potentially destroy thousands of hectares of fine forest.
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If a monster enters the same room as the player, a howling wind from the monster will blow out anylitmatch.
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As they left, alitmatchwas tossed on the fuel.
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There are three subgoals found in this schema: holding the match, holding the matchbox, and holding alitmatch.
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Gasoline was poured on and alitmatchtossed.
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Prior to the wheellock, the need for alitmatchmade stealth and concealment nearly impossible, particularly at night.
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The arquebusier carries a lot of gunpowder on his person and has alitmatchin one hand.
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Once inside, they poured petrol over staff and threatened them with alitmatchif they did not reveal the combination numbers of the vault.
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During their game, one member accidentally threw alitmatchonto the tree, and it soon went up in flames.
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The dog then puts a quicklitmatchon the gunpowder and the cat blows up and flies back onto the ground.
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The salesman from the restaurant, unaware that he is standing in a puddle of the gasoline, lights a cigar and drops thelitmatch.
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In all seriousness, he asserted that one could toss alitmatchon the earth and watch the ground ignite as the soil emitted methane gas.
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Reid grabbed at her, revealing one shoe in his lap, a fuse which led into the shoe, and alitmatch.
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These scenarios typically include a flammable substance either accidentally or deliberately being introduced into the toilet water, and alitmatchor cigarette igniting and exploding the toilet.
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Wakefield then pours lighter fluid on her, drops alitmatch, and burns her to death.
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The boy said that he had asked to be excused from class, then tossed lit matches into a cardboard waste barrel filled with paper.
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