burn away
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[edit]Verb
[edit]burn away (third-person singular simple present burns away, present participle burning away, simple past and past participle burned away or burnt away)
- (ergative) To remove or be removed by burning.
- (figurative, by extension) to remove instantly and forcefully; to evaporate
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 13, in A Promised Land, Crown:
- In fact, McChrystal's whole manner was that of someone who's burned away frivolity and distractions from his life.