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Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

What does 'set up' mean here?

Today, my husband managed to set fire to half of our garden setting up mosquito repellents.

What does 'set up' mean here?
  

Top answer

It does mean 'to prepare'

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  • It does mean 'to prepare'
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It does mean 'to prepare'
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I imagine that he was erecting some sort of netting with embedded repellent. I have no idea how that relates to fire, unless the repellent chemical was flammable.

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I'm guessing he was placing and lighting either tiki torches or those little citronella candle pails.
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enooncitronella candle
I forgot about those. Yes, these little torches are used for chasing away those pesky bugs.
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