burn through
phrasal verb
burned through or burnt through; burning through; burns through
informal
: to use all of (something) quickly
They've burned through 2 million dollars already, and the renovations are far from complete.
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The Smokehouse Creek fire killed three people in 2024, burning through more than 1,500 square miles (3,885 square kilometers) in Texas before spilling into neighboring Oklahoma.
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Jim Vertuno, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
The Smokehouse Creek fire The Smokehouse Creek fire killed three people in 2024, burning through more than 1,500 square miles (3,885 square kilometers) in Texas before spilling into neighboring Oklahoma.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Remote work isn’t going anywhere, and neither is the desire to see more of the world without burning through PTO.
—Taylor Haught, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Premodern texts describe Kundalini’s fiery energy burning through the tissues of the body, shooting up to the crown of the head, where the feminine Shakti unites with her masculine counterpart and all dissolves into oneness.
—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
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Jim Vertuno, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
The Smokehouse Creek fire The Smokehouse Creek fire killed three people in 2024, burning through more than 1,500 square miles (3,885 square kilometers) in Texas before spilling into neighboring Oklahoma.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Remote work isn’t going anywhere, and neither is the desire to see more of the world without burning through PTO.
—Taylor Haught, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Premodern texts describe Kundalini’s fiery energy burning through the tissues of the body, shooting up to the crown of the head, where the feminine Shakti unites with her masculine counterpart and all dissolves into oneness.
—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Burn through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20through. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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