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All burn up synonyms

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verb burn up

  • go off — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • key up — a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
  • whip up — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
  • raise cain — the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel. Gen. 4.
  • scope — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
  • check over — a thorough examination or investigation.
  • get a load of — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
  • dry out — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
  • dry up — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
  • egg on — to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on).
  • turn on — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • get to — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • psych — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
  • carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
  • come at — If a person or animal comes at you, they move towards you in a threatening way and try to attack you.
  • go on — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • set in — fixed or prescribed beforehand: a set time; set rules.
  • sound off — the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
  • take by storm — be a sudden success
  • flip out — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
  • put out — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
  • impose on — to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
  • make a fuss — complain about sth
  • blow up — If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
  • boil over — When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container.
  • raise hell — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
  • steam up — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
  • stir up — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
  • get on one's nerves — one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
  • lose one's temper — (Intransitive Verb) IDI To become explosively angry or very cross.
  • wear out — the act of wearing; use, as of a garment: articles for winter wear; I've had a lot of wear out of this coat; I had to throw away the shirt after only three wears.
  • go to waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
  • misemploy — to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
  • run dry — dry up
  • henpeck — to browbeat, bully, or intimidate (one's husband, boyfriend, etc.).
  • ask for it — to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
  • heat up — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • make waves — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
  • tick off — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
  • work on — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
  • run through — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
  • throw away — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • fritter away — to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
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