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flame out
flame out
verb
Definition of FLAME OUT
to be unsuccessful <even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used>
Synonyms bomb, collapse, crater, flame out, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, tank, wash out
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