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Revision as of 00:04, 24 February 2019
English
Verb
flare up (third-person singular simple present flares up, present participle flaring up, simple past and past participle flared up)
- (intransitive) To burn brightly again.
- The fire flared up after we added more wood to it.
- (intransitive) To become more intense suddenly.
- Reports indicate that tensions have flared up in the Middle East again.
- The pain in my shoulder flares up when I turn my head.
- (intransitive, sometimes with “out” instead of “up”) To burst out suddenly, as in anger.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- “Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.
- The insult made him flare up.
Translations
burn brightly again
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become more intense suddenly
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burst out suddenly, as in anger
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