go up in smoke
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go up in smoke (third-person singular simple present goes up in smoke, present participle going up in smoke, simple past went up in smoke, past participle gone up in smoke)
- To catch fire and burn.
- (idiomatic, by extension) To be completely ruined or devastated.
- When the bank refused the credit, all our plans went up in smoke.
- 1976, Joni Mitchell, Song for Sharon:
- 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
Synonyms[edit]
- (be ruined): come to nothing, end in smoke, go up in flames
Translations[edit]
catch fire
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be ruined
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