Meaning of crash and burn | Babel Free

Definitions

To fail utterly.

informal

Examples

“Crash and burn, huh, Mav?”

“What these figures show you is how badly the Tory dream has crashed and burned. Not only do fewer Britons now own shares than they did in Thatcher’s time, but also in the capital owner-occupiers (both with mortgages and without) will soon be an outright minority.”

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