noun
1
BAD : If there is a gas leak, the house could go on fire.
GOOD : If there is a gas leak, the house could catch fire.
BAD : One of the curtains became on fire.
GOOD : One of the curtains caught fire.
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catch fire : 'One of the engines had overheated and caught fire.'
2
BAD : Eventually, the fire went off and the room got colder.
GOOD : Eventually, the fire went out and the room got colder.
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go out = (of a coal fire, cigarette, candle etc) stop burning: 'The problem with cigars is that they keep going out.'