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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Many burn through personal savings, tap into family funds or rack up debt, all while navigating unpredictable revenue.
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Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
As subduction zones burned through the carbon-rich crust at the edges of the Pangaea supercontinent, any rock weathering that might have buried carbon dioxide now sputtered in the vast interior.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Those stars burn through their fuel quickly, shine brightly, and then — overwhelmingly — end their lives in a core-collapse supernova.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
But Sutton-Schulman and L had to pay more than $95,000 out of pocket, burning through their savings in hopes that Highmark would reconsider their denials.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
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Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
As subduction zones burned through the carbon-rich crust at the edges of the Pangaea supercontinent, any rock weathering that might have buried carbon dioxide now sputtered in the vast interior.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Those stars burn through their fuel quickly, shine brightly, and then — overwhelmingly — end their lives in a core-collapse supernova.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
But Sutton-Schulman and L had to pay more than $95,000 out of pocket, burning through their savings in hopes that Highmark would reconsider their denials.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Burn through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20through. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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