set the world alight
idiom
chiefly British, 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 alight.
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De Ligt didn’t set the world alight in Serie A or the Bundesliga, thanks to a combination of injuries and the two clubs’ issues on and off the pitch.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
Hero shots of EVs traveling at slow-poke speeds won’t set the world alight, but marketers might instead hope that coupling drones with cars will soon allow eye-in-the-sky monitoring of traffic snafus, although aviation authorities worldwide would no doubt take their sweet time to sanction such use.
—Carlton Reid, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024
The last couple of singles hadn’t really set the world alight.
—Liza Lentini, Spin, 15 Aug. 2023
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
Hero shots of EVs traveling at slow-poke speeds won’t set the world alight, but marketers might instead hope that coupling drones with cars will soon allow eye-in-the-sky monitoring of traffic snafus, although aviation authorities worldwide would no doubt take their sweet time to sanction such use.
—Carlton Reid, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024
The last couple of singles hadn’t really set the world alight.
—Liza Lentini, Spin, 15 Aug. 2023
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“Set the world alight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20the%20world%20alight. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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