Flame out and Flunk

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Flame out verb - To be unsuccessful.

Usage example: even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used

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Flunk and flame out are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flunk" instead a verb "Flame out".

Flunk verb - To be unsuccessful.

Usage example: the movie flunks, both as entertainment and as a dramatization of a historical incident

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Flame out and flunk are semantically related. You can use "Flame out" instead a verb "Flunk".

Nearby Words: flunky, flunking, flunked

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