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flame up
phrasal verb with flameverbuk /fleɪm/ us /fleɪm/
If something that is burning flames up, it produces more or bigger flames:
The fire suddenly flamed up.火突然烧起来了。
The sherry may flame up as the alcohol burns off.
She lit the burner and the gas flamed up two inches high.
If a problem or argument flames up, it happens suddenly and strongly:
As the contest moved back to New York, the row flamed up afresh.
Disputes over who owns what water source have flamed up across Western states for years.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Burning, burnt & on fire
afire
aflame
alight
blaze
burn (something) down
burn sb up
burned out
burnt out
char
consume
flare
frazzled
inflammable
post-burn
reignite
scald
scorch
self-immolation
unburnable
unburned
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Arguing & disagreeing
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