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last burst of fire

idiom

A final effort, a final attempt before stopping.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    add fuel to the fire

    To worsen a conflict between people; to inflame an already tense situation.

  2. 02

    ball of fire

    A person who is especially active, ambitious, hard-working, or high-achieving.

  3. 03

    breathe one's last

    To die.

  4. 04

    burst in

    to enter suddenly and unexpectedly

  5. 05

    burst into tears

    To suddenly start crying or sobbing.

  6. 06

    burst out laughing

    To start laughing suddenly and intensely.

  7. 07

    burst someone's bubble

    To disillusion; to disabuse someone of a false notion or rationalization that has grown comfortable.

  8. 08

    catch fire

    To become engulfed in flames, to combust.

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