burn down

burn down
burn down
1. [for a building] to be destroyed by fire. •

The barn burned down.

There was a fire, and the old factory was burned down.

2. [for a fire] to burn and dwindle away. •

The flame burned down and then went out.

As the fire burned down, it began to get cold.

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{v. phr.} To burn to the ground; be totally gutted by fire. * /The old frame house burned down before the firefighters could get to it./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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