flamed out

Verb

flame out (third-person singular simple present flames out, present participle flaming out, simple past and past participle flamed out)

1. (archaic) To become suddenly angry; to break out into indignation or similar emotion; to flare up.
   • [O]n being brought home, and giving us ground to suppose he was much worse hurt than he really was, and a fever ensuing, every one flamed out; and all was laid at my door.1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 4, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
2. To fail due to extinction of flame.
   • If on flame out, steam pressure goes below 75# you must go back on gas to return [....] The grievant replied that If he did so, the boiler would flame out.1967, American Labor Arbitration Awards, volume 11, Prentice-Hall
3. (figuratively) To fail, usually spectacularly.
4. (intransitive) To stop due to exhaustion.