go up in flames

English

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Verb

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)

(idiomatic) To be cancelled or ruined without any hope of return.

Synonyms

go up in smoke

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