set the world ablaze
Cause massive impact
To set the world ablaze is to make a dramatic impact, to achieve spectacular success or cause widespread excitement.
The phrase suggests fire spreading uncontrollably—something so powerful it cannot be ignored: She's talented enough to set the world ablaze.
Sometimes used for destructive ambition: He wanted to set the world ablaze and watch it burn.
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- shake things upCause dramatic disruption
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
turmoil · fervor · invention · zeal · trailblazer · pioneering · visionary · change the game · renaissance · paradigm shift · enthusiasm · ignite · light a fire · firebrand · burning passion · transformation · make waves · ingenuity
set the world ablazefly under the radar
Evade attention deliberately
fall flat · pass unnoticed · go nowhere · fizzle out · die on the vine
set the world ablazefizzle out
Fail after promising start
fall flat · put to sleep · peter out · underwhelm · go through the motions
set the world ablazeplay it safe
Avoid unnecessary chances
lower one's sights · rest on one's laurels · keep one's head down · stay in one's lane
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