burn through
phrasal verb
burned through or burnt through; burning through; burns through
informal
: to use all of (something) quickly
They've burned through 2 million dollars already, and the renovations are far from complete.
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Although none of these systems is invulnerable, the United States would struggle to eliminate all or even a substantial proportion of them without burning through enormous amounts of ammunition.
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Jonathan Caverley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2024
The company is burning through cash and angering customers, and is the subject of multiple federal investigations, including a criminal probe into the near-disaster of a January 5 mid-air door plug blowout.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
Recommended The Monitor's View South Africa’s calming civility The Bush Creek East fire was one of 2,245 blazes that burned through British Columbia last year.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Elsewhere, the aliens' acid-like blood burns through fingers and body parts, and there's a brief but bloody birthing scene near the end.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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Jonathan Caverley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2024
The company is burning through cash and angering customers, and is the subject of multiple federal investigations, including a criminal probe into the near-disaster of a January 5 mid-air door plug blowout.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
Recommended The Monitor's View South Africa’s calming civility The Bush Creek East fire was one of 2,245 blazes that burned through British Columbia last year.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2024
Elsewhere, the aliens' acid-like blood burns through fingers and body parts, and there's a brief but bloody birthing scene near the end.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Burn through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20through. Accessed 5 Sep. 2024.
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