flameoutnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfleɪm.aʊt//ˈfleɪm.aʊt/US informala failure that happens in a very sudden and noticeable way, usually after someone or something has been very successful:
the spectacular flameout of once high-flying internet stocks
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Failures
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- another/the final nail in the coffin idiom
- breakdown
- car crash
- cock-up
- dead duck
- free fall
- hash
- lemon
- lost cause
- lulu
- mess
- mess-up
- might-have-been
- parody
- slush pile
- track record
- train wreck
- turkey
- underachiever
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