flame
noun
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
will flame
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future tenseof flame.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Maybe he will flame out in the next round.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2020
“We believe that by selling sizzle, your customer is buying sizzle, and that by definition will flame out,” Segal said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2019
Or else Price will flame out again, and Cora will figure out another way to get through the rest of the game.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2018
Many scold that the idea will flame out the same way it did when the Clinton administration pondered and then dropped a big relocation initiative, and the Reagan administration did the same before it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2017
Keep within the battlements, and they will flame up bright and impassable, with a fire that on the outer side consumes, but to those within is a fire that cherishes and warms.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Alexander Maclaren
