burn through en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To use up in a hasty or destructive manner.
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:Near-synonyms: run through, get through, eat up
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| burns through | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| burned through | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| burned through | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| burnt through | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| burnt through | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| burning through | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Coordinates
burn up · burn away · burn off