if a fire or flame burns down, it becomes smaller and less hot
to destroy a building or something large with fire, or to be destroyed in this way
He had a legendary ability to drag the hottest chestnuts out of the fire and not burn down anybody's house in the process.
The entire house burnt down in 20 minutes.
The fire in the grate gradually burnt down.
There are laws against burning down forests.
burns down
burning down
burned down
burnt down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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