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burn someone down

Sl. to humiliate someone. Man, don't you ever burn me down like that again! You just want to burn down everybody to make yourself seem better.

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Do you really think it likely that my house will burn down inside the time that policy will run? Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context But Hugh and Dennis stood with their backs against it, and kept them back, until the clamour had so far subsided that their voices could be heard, when they called to them together that to go now, in broad day, would be madness; and that if they waited until night and arranged a plan of attack, they might release, not only their own companions, but all the prisoners, and burn down the jail. Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context If I didn't bowl up, I'd break loose an' burn down the shebang. Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context			bundle into bundle of joy bundle of nerves bundle off bundle up bung bung in bung up bunged up bungle up bunk bunk down bunk together bunk with bunny buoy up burden burden with burgeon out burn burn at the stake burn away burn boats burn bridges burn bridges in front of burn down burn fingers burn for burn in burn in effigy burn into Burn not your house to fright the mouse away burn off burn out burn out of burn the candle at both ends burn the midnight oil burn to a crisp burn up burn with burn with a low blue flame burned to a cinder burned up burner burning burning question burning the midnight oil burns burnt burst burst a blood vessel			burn and churn Burn and Shock Trauma Institute Burn Area Emergency Response Burn at the stake burn away burn away Burn Baby Burn burn bag Burn Before Reading :-) burn boats burn boats burn boats burn boats burn boats burn boats burn bridges burn bridges burn bridges burn bridges burn bridges burn bridges burn bridges in front of Burn Burn Burn Burn Camp for Kids in Ontario burn cancer burn center burn center Burn Center Golf Invitational Burn Crew Concept burn cut burn down Burn Down the Charade burn fiercely burn fingers Burn folder burn for burn healing burn in burn in burn in burn in burn in burn in Burn in A Fire burn in effigy Burn In Hell Burn in mode Burn in mode Burn Injury Rehabilitation Model System Burn Intensive Care Unit burn into burn into burn into burn into burn into burn into Burn It Down Burn Knowledge Questionnaire burn mark Burn not your house to fright the mouse away Burn notice

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