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touchpaper
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noun
- paper soaked in saltpetre and used for firing gunpowder
- light the touchpaper or light the blue touchpaperto do something that will cause much anger or excitement
Example Sentences
Brexit lit the blue touchpaper when the UK government decided to plough ahead with its flagship Withdrawal Bill against the express wishes of MSPs - prompting them to pass their own legislation.
Asian markets are set for an explosive open on Wednesday after a below-consensus reading of headline U.S. inflation lit the touchpaper for a rally across all risky assets on Tuesday, although investors will be mindful of the steep rise in U.S. bond yields.
He diverted it into his own net, unwittingly lighting the blue touchpaper.
Reddit-fuelled stock craze has lit the touchpaper, he said.
The touchpaper under the rocketing share price was lit in October, when the company surprised many investors with a quarterly profit and a bullish outlook.
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