Idiom
go up in flames
Meaning
To catch fire.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The old wooden shed went up in flames during the storm.”
“The kitchen was a disaster when the curtains caught a spark and went up in flames.”
“The entire factory went up in flames after the electrical fire spread through the storage room.”
Examples
simple
“The old wooden shed went up in flames during the storm.”
contextual
“The kitchen was a disaster when the curtains caught a spark and went up in flames.”
complex
“The entire factory went up in flames after the electrical fire spread through the storage room.”
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