Burn out - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbɜːn ˈaʊt|
Brit.  |bɜːn ˈaʊt|

verb

- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable (syn: blow, blow out)

Extra examples

The building was burnt out and only the walls remained.

The small fire can safely be left to burn (itself) out.

The engine has burned out.

The short circuit burned out the fuse.

You'll burn yourself out if you work too hard.

The poet's ability burned out before he was thirty.

...working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out...

The family were burnt out of their home twice last year.

It's a high-pressure job and you could burn out young.

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