take fire

Questions about take fire

What does take fire mean?

take fire means "start to burn or burst into flames".

What is another word for take fire?

Close synonyms include erupt, ignite, catch fire, combust, conflagrate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is take fire a common word?

take fire is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.