Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)To fail utterly.

    Near-synonyms: go up in flames, go up in smoke, come to nought, come to nothing

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see crash, and, burn.

    Near-synonym: go down in flames

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Our project crashed and burned.

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  2. Predictably, he crashed and burned.

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  3. Predictably, I crashed and burned.

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  4. Bugsy Siegel crashed and burned in Vegas.

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Forms

crashes and burns, crashing and burning, crashed and burned, crashed and burned
Base formcrash and burn · to crash and burn
3rd person singularcrashes and burns
Present participlecrashing and burning
Past simplecrashed and burned
Past participlecrashed and burned

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycrash and burn
he, she, itcrashes and burns

Past simpleLesson

all personscrashed and burned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave crashed and burned
he, she, ithas crashed and burned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill crash and burn

Synonyms

5 synonyms
go down in flamesgo up in flamesgo up in smokecome to noughtcome to nothing

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
crashB1crasscratecraterB2
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