something to burn

  • 1burn down — verb 1. burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire (Freq. 3) The hut burned down The mountain of paper went up in flames • Syn: ↑burn up, ↑go up • Hypernyms: ↑burn, ↑ …

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  • 2burn up — verb 1. burn brightly (Freq. 1) Every star seemed to flare with new intensity • Syn: ↑flare, ↑flame up, ↑blaze up • Derivationally related forms: ↑flare (for: ↑ …

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  • 3burn your bridges — burn your boats/​bridges phrase to do something that makes it impossible for you to return to the situation you were in before Be polite – you don’t want to burn your bridges with her. Thesaurus: to stop something from continuing or… …

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  • 4burn something to a crisp — informal phrase to burn something completely The dinner was burned to a crisp. Thesaurus: to burn somethingsynonym Main entry: crisp * * * burn something completely, leaving only a charred remnant * * * …

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  • 5Burn It to the Ground — «Burn It to the Ground» Сингл Nickelback из альбома Dark Horse Выпущен 29 января 2009 Формат CD Записан 2008 Жанр …

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  • 6burn your boats — burn your boats/​bridges phrase to do something that makes it impossible for you to return to the situation you were in before Be polite – you don’t want to burn your bridges with her. Thesaurus: to stop something from continuing or… …

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  • 7burn — burn1 [bʉrn] vt. burned or burnt, burning [ME brennen, bernen, burnen < ON & OE: ON brenna, to burn, light; OE bærnan, to kindle (akin to Goth brannjan, to cause to burn) & beornan, to be on fire, metathetic < Gmc * brinnan < IE * bhre n …

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  • 8burn something down — (or burn down) (of a building or structure) destroy or be destroyed completely by fire * * * ˌburn ˈdown | ˌburn sthˈdown derived to be destroyed, or to destroy sth, by fire • The house burned down in 1895. Main entry: ↑burnderi …

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  • 9burn something to a crisp — burn (something) to a crisp to burn something very badly. He burned the sausages to a crisp. I played a little golf yesterday and my neck got burned to a crisp …

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  • 10burn your fingers — get your fingers burnt informal phrase to have a bad experience when something such as a relationship or a business deal goes wrong They got their fingers burnt and lost a lot of money. Thesaurus: to make a mistake, or to do something… …

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