flaming out
Burning out dramatically
Flaming out is failing conspicuously after a promising start.
The image comes from jet engines that flame out when combustion fails, causing sudden loss of power.
A career flames out, a startup flames out, a relationship flames out: He was a prodigy who flamed out before thirty.
The emphasis falls on dramatic, often public collapse rather than quiet decline.
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- crashing and burningFailing dramatically and publicly
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- failureLack of success
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
exhaustion · depletion · losing steam · collapse · fizzle · decline · faltering · ebbing · fiasco · attrition · setback · frustration · sputter · waning · downfall · debacle · chaos · cratering
flaming outpeaking
Reaching highest point
thriving · graceful exit · going strong · flourishing · swan song
flaming outfading away
Gradual disappearance from perception
petering out · winding down · tapering off · withering away · fizzling out
flaming outenduring
Persisting through time
persevering · going the distance · slow and steady · lasting · keeping on
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