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.
Examples of burn through in a Sentence
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So given all this exciting potential, why is Marvel burning through its X-Men material so rapidly?
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 May 2024
McCready, as per usual, was worth the price of admission on his own merit, burning through some of the hottest guitar leads one will find in all of rock.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Endeavor delivered a loss for the first three months of the year as the parent company of UFC, WWE, WME and IMG burned through nearly $400 million in cash during the first quarter.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 May 2024
The Flying Bucket Fire was first reported by the Forestry Department on Monday evening after burning through grass and brush about 19 miles from Maricopa and 5 miles south of Mobile, along 99th Avenue and south of State Route 238.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
Thanks to higher-than-expected worker productivity and a decline in expected disabilities, Social Security isn't burning through cash as fast as trustees predicted a year ago.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 6 May 2024
If a wildfire were to burn through the property, residents worry that animals would be trapped against the fence.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024
The Windy Deuce Fire burned through more than 144,000 acres in Moore, Hutchinson, Potter and Carson counties.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2024
In a Wednesday, April 17, Facebook post, NASA said the fireball was caused by a meteor burning through the Earth’s atmosphere.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 May 2024
McCready, as per usual, was worth the price of admission on his own merit, burning through some of the hottest guitar leads one will find in all of rock.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Endeavor delivered a loss for the first three months of the year as the parent company of UFC, WWE, WME and IMG burned through nearly $400 million in cash during the first quarter.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 May 2024
The Flying Bucket Fire was first reported by the Forestry Department on Monday evening after burning through grass and brush about 19 miles from Maricopa and 5 miles south of Mobile, along 99th Avenue and south of State Route 238.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2024
Thanks to higher-than-expected worker productivity and a decline in expected disabilities, Social Security isn't burning through cash as fast as trustees predicted a year ago.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 6 May 2024
If a wildfire were to burn through the property, residents worry that animals would be trapped against the fence.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024
The Windy Deuce Fire burned through more than 144,000 acres in Moore, Hutchinson, Potter and Carson counties.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2024
In a Wednesday, April 17, Facebook post, NASA said the fireball was caused by a meteor burning through the Earth’s atmosphere.
—Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Burn through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20through. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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