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burning through

burning through is the present participle and gerund of burn through.

Meaning of burn through

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

Questions about burning through

What is burning through the present participle and gerund of?
Burning through is the present participle and gerund of burn through.

Words near burning through in the dictionary

  1. burning the candle at both ends
  2. burning the coal
  3. burning the midnight oil
  4. burning the roof
  5. burning the water
  6. burning through
  7. burning time
  8. burning times
  9. burning tongue syndrome
  10. burning up
  11. burning-ghat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burning through (page history and authors); burn through (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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