Idiom
do a slow burn
Meaning
To experience a gradually increasing feeling of anger or frustration; to slowly burn.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He does a slow burn when people interrupt him.”
“She did a slow burn as she listened to her coworker take credit for her hard work during the meeting.”
“The politician did a slow burn throughout the interview, his face reddening as the journalist continued to press him on his past mistakes.”
Examples
simple
“He does a slow burn when people interrupt him.”
contextual
“She did a slow burn as she listened to her coworker take credit for her hard work during the meeting.”
complex
“The politician did a slow burn throughout the interview, his face reddening as the journalist continued to press him on his past mistakes.”
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