Start to burn hideous cart chief used (9)

I believe the answer is:

catchfire

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'start to burn hideous' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'cart chief used' is the wordplay.
'used' is an anagram indicator.
'cart'+'chief'='cartchief'
'cartchief' anagrammed gives 'CATCHFIRE'.

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