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burn through

burn through verb: to use up in a hasty or destructive manner.

Verb

burn through (third-person singular simple present burns through, present participle burning through, simple past and past participle burned through or burnt through)

  1. (transitive) To use up in a hasty or destructive manner.
    • Near-synonyms: run through, get through, eat up
    • With a taste for jewels and other extravagances, he also managed to burn through his £535,000 (about £60m by today's standards) inherited estate in just five years, bankrupting himself and dying from tuberculosis at the age of 29.2023 November 13, Rosalind Jana, “Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain's stately homes”, in BBC

Synonyms of burn through

Forms of burn through

third-person singular presentburns through
present participleburning through
past participleburned through
pastburned through
past participleburnt through
pastburnt through

Questions about burn through

What does burn through mean?
Burn through means to use up in a hasty or destructive manner.
What part of speech is burn through?
Burn through is a verb.
What is the past tense of burn through?
The past tense of burn through is burned through.

Words near burn through in the dictionary

  1. burn the coal
  2. burn the coal, pay the toll
  3. burn the midnight oil
  4. burn the roof
  5. burn the water
  6. burn through
  7. burn time
  8. burn times
  9. burn to a crisp
  10. burn unit
  11. burn units

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