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... down, set aflame or alight or on fire, set fire to, put to the torch, put or apply a
match to, Obs. accend, Obs. flagrate. 2. incite, provoke, actuate, poke, prod, prick,
goad, prompt, spur; encourage, urge, abet, egg on, put up to; instigate, look for ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
The tradition of the torch relay is preserved as a prelude to the modern Olympics,
with a team of runners carrying the Olympic torch vast distances across various
countries until the site of the Games is reached. put to the torch (or put a torch to)
...
something to the torCh A thug put a porch to the torch The thug burned down the
house of Dortch Meaning 'Put something to the torch' means to set fire to
something intentionally. Example The old barn was put to the torch. Quiet as a
mouse ...
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Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan
Toyotomi Hideyoshi wants to serve the emperor as a samurai in the 16th century, and through his perseverance and hard work he becomes the Taiko, the absolute ruler of Japan in the emperor's name.
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Commentary on Psalms 1-81
Attend to us, he is saying, whom you personally formed, and often by marvels you
made your own strong. Put to the torch and dug up (v. 16). The phrase put to the
torch has a logical connection with mature it, as if to say, And mature what your ...
Theodore (Bishop of Mopsuestia), 2006
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America's First Crisis:
The War of 1812
5 puT To The Torch The loss of Zebulon Pike, one of the few experienced,
competent generals in the American army, hurt. Operational command went back
to General “Granny” Dearborn. Dearborn finally came ashore when the fighting
ended ...
So Jeremiah said to Zedekiah : "Thus said the Lord, God of Israel : 'If you go out
and surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared and
your household will be spared, and the city will not be put to the torch. But if you ...
Powell ordered and so the lodges not already on fire were put to the torch. I had
the dugouts gathered and heaped in a pile to which a fire was set. The fire grew
and more of the craft were heaped upon those flames. Food we could not take ...
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British Ships in
the Confederate Navy
... were captured and put to the torch. Concerned at the large number of prisoners
, Waddell did not dare bring them aboard, but put them in their boats and towed
them behind his ship. To the north of them the lookout spied three more whalers.
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The Chambers Dictionary
carry the (or a) torch (for) to suffer unrequited love (for); put to the torch to burn
down. [Fr lorche, from .L torquere, tortum to twist] torchere tor-sher', (Fr) n a tall
ornamental candlestick or lampstand. torchler or torchiere tor-sher', (Fr) n a floor ...
