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 area the 6-5 Fire is burning through has an important place in US history.
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Most importantly, startups need to be able to connect with consumers while their window of opportunity remains open, and without burning through budgets to do so.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Soon, the sun burned through the morning fog as more than 100 people gathered on the sandbar to welcome the paddlers at the end of their journey and offer prayer and song.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
The first fires tore across humble, pioneering patches of plant life no taller than your ankle, as well as burning through rather more astonishing, and truly bizarre, 25-foot columns of fungus that briefly held sway on this desolate world before trees.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Most importantly, startups need to be able to connect with consumers while their window of opportunity remains open, and without burning through budgets to do so.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Soon, the sun burned through the morning fog as more than 100 people gathered on the sandbar to welcome the paddlers at the end of their journey and offer prayer and song.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
The first fires tore across humble, pioneering patches of plant life no taller than your ankle, as well as burning through rather more astonishing, and truly bizarre, 25-foot columns of fungus that briefly held sway on this desolate world before trees.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Burn through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20through. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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