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.

Examples of burn through in a Sentence

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The solar rays can burn through the lens and cause serious eye injury. —Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024

The halcyon days where venture capitalists were content forking over billions to the latest AI startup, as researchers burned through cash with little to show for it, may be all but over. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Asia, 28 Mar. 2024

The skyrocketing share price comes despite the fact that Trump Media is burning through cash; piling up losses; and its main product, Truth Social, is losing users. —Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024

The highest-power lasers can heat, vaporize, melt and burn through many different materials and are used in industrial processes for welding and cutting. —Iain Boyd, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024

Meta has burned through billions developing virtual-reality products — without any payback foreseeable on the near-term horizon. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Feb. 2024

Another large fire in Page County near Shenandoah National Park had also burned through 2,000 acres and was 0 percent contained as of Thursday morning. —Remy Tumin, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024

Somewhere out there are drinkers for whom the Stinger is a regular pleasure, who crave Grasshoppers after dinner, burning through creme de menthe like Hummers through gasoline. —M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024

The city's rainwater catchment basins have been so dry that one, the El Cristo basin, caught fire on Tuesday, burning through 75 acres. —USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024