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go up in smoke Related vocabulary: go down in flamesif a plan or some work goes up in smoke, it is spoiled or wasted. Then his business went bankrupt and 20 years of hard work went up in smoke. See also: smoke go up in smoke to be wasted. The research project was canceled, and five years of hard work went up in smoke. See also: smoke |
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Force, the 10th woman to drive a Funny Car in professional drag racing competition, saw her chances of beating teammate and brother-in-law Hight go up in smoke when her Castrol/Auto Club Ford Mustang lost traction midway down the quarter-mile strip. New York's Olympic dreams may go up in smoke before the competition for host status has even started. Finally, because the life insurance application process can take weeks to complete, it's not uncommon to spend considerable time and resources on the sale only to watch it go up in smoke or-ice it's time to close. |
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