set the world on fire
idiom
informal
: to be very successful and attract a lot of attention
The company is doing all right, but they haven't exactly set the world on fire.
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Denver will swing big, set the world on fire and…draft a defensive lineman.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2025
There was a time, young readers, when a network mini-series could set the world on fire.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Tracking services are concerned that the first two trailers didn’t exactly set the world on fire
While two trailers have generated more than 41M views per social media analytics firm RelishMix, the trailer’s viral rate is low at 6:1 next to Superman‘s massive 317:1 and Minecraft‘s 50:1.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
But later that year, the punk-pop aesthetic of Sucker, her sophomore album, failed to set the world on fire, seemingly dissolving the singer-songwriter’s interest in an aggressively mainstream gesture.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2025
There was a time, young readers, when a network mini-series could set the world on fire.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
Tracking services are concerned that the first two trailers didn’t exactly set the world on fire
While two trailers have generated more than 41M views per social media analytics firm RelishMix, the trailer’s viral rate is low at 6:1 next to Superman‘s massive 317:1 and Minecraft‘s 50:1.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
But later that year, the punk-pop aesthetic of Sucker, her sophomore album, failed to set the world on fire, seemingly dissolving the singer-songwriter’s interest in an aggressively mainstream gesture.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for set the world on fire
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“Set the world on fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20the%20world%20on%20fire. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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