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| VERB: | To come to rest on the ground: alight1, land, set down, settle, touch down. See MOVE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Amusing but essentially empty and frivolous: frothy. See SURFACE. 2. Free from care or worry: blithe, carefree, debonair, lighthearted. See CAREFUL, HAPPY. 3. Having little weight; not heavy: lightweight, weightless. Idioms: light as a feather. See HEAVY. 4. Of small intensity: gentle, moderate, slight, soft. See STRONG. 5. Requiring little effort or exertion: easy, moderate. See EASY. 6. Marked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained: easy, fast, libertine, loose, wanton, whorish. See SEX. | | PHRASAL VERB: | light into Informal. To set upon with violent force: aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on or (upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. Informal : pitch into. See ATTACK. light on To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on or (upon), come across, come on or (upon), find, happen on or (upon), run across, run into, stumble on or (upon), tumble on. Archaic : alight on or (upon). Idioms: meet up with. See MEET.
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