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burn-up
noun
slang, a period of fast driving
Idioms and Phrases
burn someone up . Make angry or very irritated, as in Arthur was really burned up at his son for denting the new car , or Those careless drivers just burn me up . [ Colloquial ; c. 1920]
Travel very fast, as in This car will burn up the road . [1940s]
Easily surpass or outdo, as in They'll burn up the other teams . [ Slang ; late 1970s]
Example Sentences
The researchers at Kyoto University hope using wood in making spacecraft could also be much less polluting than metal ones when they burn-up on re-entry at the end of their life.
According to Nasa, the ISS will "perform a detailed investigation" on how the debris survived burn-up.
After so many races where the rest of the field played into his hands by going steadily and opening the door for a last-lap burn-up, Farah was initially presented with a different challenge as Gebremeskel and Gebrhiwet set off at a hot pace from the start.
The success of Progress 60 came after a series of failed resupply attempts, including the explosion of an unmanned SpaceX rocket in late June and the burn-up of another Russian resupply spacecraft in May.
The ability to achieve high burn-up rates at atmospheric pressure was desirable.
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