Phrasal Verbs
- 1to be destroyed by heat The spacecraft burned up as it entered the earth's atmosphere.
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- 2(usually used in the progressive tenses) (informal) to have a high temperature You're burning up—have you gone to the doctor yet?
- 3(of a fire) to burn more strongly and with larger flames
to make someone very angry The way he treats me really burns me up.
- 1to get rid of or destroy something by burning The fire burned up 1,500 acres of farmland.
- 2to use calories or energy by doing exercise Which burns up more calories—swimming or cycling?