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• burn oneself out — get emotionally exhausted due to mental stress …   English contemporary dictionary

• burn oneself out —  Become incapacitated by too much effort …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• burn — burn1 burnable, adj. /berrn/, v., burned or burnt, burning, n. v.i. 1. to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate. 2. (of a fireplace,… …   Universalium

• burn — burn1 [bʉrn] vt. burned or burnt, burning [ME brennen, bernen, burnen < ON & OE: ON brenna, to burn, light; OE bærnan, to kindle (akin to Goth brannjan, to cause to burn) & beornan, to be on fire, metathetic < Gmc * brinnan < IE * bhre n …   English World dictionary

• overreach oneself — he waited for his opponents to overreach themselves Syn: try to do too much, overestimate one s ability, overdo it, overstretch oneself, wear/burn oneself out, bite off more than one can chew …   Thesaurus of popular words

• overreach oneself — TRY TO DO TOO MUCH, overestimate one s ability, overdo it, overstretch oneself, wear/burn oneself out, bite off more than one can chew. → overreach …   Useful english dictionary

• burn — 1. v. & n. v. (past and past part. burnt or burned) 1 tr. & intr. be or cause to be consumed or destroyed by fire. 2 intr. a blaze or glow with fire. b be in the state characteristic of fire. 3 tr. & intr. be or cause to be injured or damaged by… …   Useful english dictionary

• burn — I [[t]bɜrn[/t]] v. burned burnt, burn•ing, 1) to consume fuel and give off heat, gases, and usu. light; be on fire 2) chem. a) to undergo combustion; oxidize b) to undergo fission or fusion 3) (of a fireplace, furnace, etc.) to contain a fire 4)… …   From formal English to slang

• burn the candle at both ends — phrasal : to be unreasonably prodigal with one s material or physical resources * * * burn the candle at both ends see under ↑candle • • • Main Entry: ↑burn burn the candle at both ends To exhaust oneself by attempting to do too much, usu by… …   Useful english dictionary

• burn — verb 1) the shed was burning Syn: be on fire, be alight, be ablaze, blaze, go up, go up in smoke, be in flames, be aflame; smolder, glow 2) he burned the letters Syn: set fire to, se …   Thesaurus of popular words

• overwork — verb 1) we should not overwork Syn: work too hard, work/run oneself into the ground, wear oneself to a shadow, work one s fingers to the bone, burn the candle at both ends, overtax oneself, burn oneself out, do too much, overdo it, strain oneself …   Thesaurus of popular words