go up in flames in English

Audio: en-au-go up in flames.ogg

[Australia] Forms: goes up in flames [present, singular, third-person], going up in flames [participle, present], went up in flames [past], gone up in flames [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> up in flames}} go up in flames (third-person singular simple present goes up in flames, present participle going up in flames, simple past went up in flames, past participle gone up in flames)

Inflected forms

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        "To catch fire."
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        "(idiomatic, figurative) To be cancelled or ruined without any hope of return."
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"go up in flames" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms