Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go up in smoke

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: go up in smoke
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To catch fire and burn.

verb

To be completely ruined, devastated, or reduced to nothingness.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: evaporate"
"When the bank refused the credit, all our plans went up in smoke."
"There's a gypsy down on Bleecker Street I went in to see her as a kind of joke And she lit a candle for my love luck And eighteen bucks went up in smoke"

Inflected Forms

goes up in smoke (present, singular) going up in smoke (participle, present) went up in smoke (past) gone up in smoke (participle, past)

Synonyms

go up in flames catch fire catch on fire combust conflagrate fire go up in smoke ignite light spunk take fire burn down

Questions

What does go up in smoke mean?: To catch fire and burn.

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