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burns through

burns through is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 burns through

What is burns through the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Burns through is the third-person singular simple present indicative of burn through.

Words near burns through in the dictionary

  1. burns the candle at both ends
  2. burns the coal
  3. burns the midnight oil
  4. burns the roof
  5. burns the water
  6. burns through
  7. burns time
  8. burns up
  9. Burnsall
  10. Burnsed
  11. Burnseds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burns 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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