1. flame out - Noun
2. flame out - Verb
a complete or conspicuous failure
the failure of a jet engine caused by an interruption of the fuel supply or by faulty combustion
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I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire to me. Why walk out in the middle of the field, it's just going to flame out and go away just like everything else does? Amy Grant
Flame out the living words of the dead Written-in-red. Voltairine de Cleyre
A lot of actors flame out. George Hamilton
the spectacular flame-out of the company's stock cost many people their life savings Source: Internet
When the gun gas would come out, there was so much gas it would reduce the oxygen content of the air going through the motors to the point it would flame out both motors, and it would compressor stall the motors. Source: Internet
And Russia also will hope that its own soccer team won't flame out early in the tournament. Source: Internet