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

Recent Examples on the Web

This means that players who are into the grind and burning through prestiges and camo challenges (among many other unlockables) won’t have to go through every mode to level up weapons, common equipment, and whatnot. —Fran J. Ruiz, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025

The company expects to burn through roughly 14 times as much cash as Anthropic before turning a profit. —Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Nov. 2025

Climate change contributed to the conditions that caused wildfires to burn through over 37,000 acres and destroy more than 16,000 structures in Los Angeles in January. —Simmone Shah, Time, 6 Nov. 2025

Prescribed fires are prevention strategies that help burn through pine needles, leaves and branches that accumulate over time on the ground, which can help prevent catastrophic wildfires, Davila said. —Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for burn through

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou