"go up in flames" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go up in flames.ogg 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]
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)
  1. (idiomatic, literal) To catch fire. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: go up in smoke, combust Related terms: go down in flames
    Sense id: en-go_up_in_flames-en-verb-0brPVx2I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44
  2. (idiomatic, figurative) To be cancelled or ruined without any hope of return. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Synonyms: burn down, burn up, come to nothing, end in smoke, go up in smoke
    Sense id: en-go_up_in_flames-en-verb-tlH4Abc5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46

Inflected forms

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