Expressions used around here to tell someone to light a lamp or lantern: “________ the lamp.”
| LIGHT | 928 |
| TURN ON | 31 |
| LIGHT UP | 13 |
| MAKE A LIGHT | 10 |
| CUT ON | 6 |
| NR | 6 |
| STRIKE A LIGHT | 6 |
| MAKE | 4 |
| PUT ON | 3 |
| SWITCH ON | 3 |
| FIRE | 2 |
| FIRE UP | 2 |
| FIX | 2 |
| MAKE ON | 2 |
| TURN THE LAMP ON | 2 |
| TURN UP | 2 |
| CUT THE LAMP ON | 1 |
| FLIP THE SWITCH | 1 |
| GET THE LAMP GOING | 1 |
| GET THE LAMP LIT | 1 |
| GIVE US SOME LIGHT | 1 |
| GO LIGHT | 1 |
| GO LIGHT THE LIGHT | 1 |
| HOW ‘BOUT A LITTLE LIGHT | 1 |
| LIGHT IT UP | 1 |
| LIGHT THE GLIM | 1 |
| LIGHT THE WICK | 1 |
| LIGHTEN | 1 |
| LIT | 1 |
| LIT THE LIGHT | 1 |
| MAKE THE LIGHT | 1 |
| NH | 1 |
| PUT A MATCH TO IT | 1 |
| PUT A TAPER TO THE WICK | 1 |
| PUT SOME LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT | 1 |
| STICK A MATCH TO | 1 |
| STRICK A MATCH TO THE LAMP | 1 |
| STRIKE A MATCH AND LIGHT | 1 |
| SWITCH IT ON | 1 |
| TOUCH IT OFF | 1 |
| TRIM | 1 |
| TURN IT ON | 1 |
| TURN ON THE GLIM | 1 |
| TURN ON YOUR LIGHT | 1 |
| WE NEED A LIGHT | 1 |
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