burn through

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

While hyperscalers are burning through much of their free cash flow to fund AI investments, with Microsoft a notable exception, Apple continues to generate substantial positive FCF. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

Supporting the rest of your gaming experience is a solid 16GB of memory and a 512GB SSD, which is plenty for casual gamers and easy to build upon for those who burn through bandwidth like wildfire. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026

Hilton stepped down from Crowdpac in May 2018, and the company — which had burned through $15 million in venture funding — effectively died by June 2019. — Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2026

During a lockout or work stoppage, existing player contracts are generally frozen or burn through the calendar year rather than be nullified. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for burn through

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