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Meaning of down in flames | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

In a decisive and possibly humiliating manner

not-comparable

Examples

“I tried to hit on her but she shot me down in flames”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

down south down the house down the road, not across the street down there down to the short strokes down to the wire