flame out (English, verb)
expansion: flame out (third-person singular simple present flames out, present participle flaming out, simple past and past participle flamed out)
Senses:
glosses: To become suddenly angry; to break out into indignation or similar emotion; to flare up.
tags: archaic
glosses: To fail due to extinction of flame.
raw_tags: of processes and equipment involving combustion
glosses: To fail, usually spectacularly.
tags: figuratively
glosses: To stop due to exhaustion.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: flames out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flaming out
tags: participle
present
form: flamed out
tags: participle
past
form: flamed out
tags: past