flare up
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| Verb | 1. | flare up - ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again" |
| 2. | flare up - erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" |
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flare
verb2. To become manifest suddenly and in full force.Also used with up:
3. To react explosively or suddenly.Also used with up:
fly.
flare up
To be or become angry:
Informal: steam.
Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack, breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit the ceiling, lose one's temper, see red.
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Translations
يَثور، يَنْفَجِر
vzplát
blusse opbryde ud
lángra lobban
blossa upp
vzplanúť
w>flare up
vi (lit, fig: situation, affair) → aufflackern, auflodern; (fig, person) → aufbrausen, auffahren; (injury) → wieder Schwierigkeiten machen; (fighting, epidemic) → ausbrechen; (anger) → zum Ausbruch kommen; his acne flared up → seine Akne trat wieder auf; she flared up at me → sie fuhr mich an
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
flare
(fleə) verb1. to burn with a bright unsteady light. The firelight flared.
2. (of a skirt, trousers etc) to become wider at the bottom edge. a flared skirt.
flare up suddenly to burn strongly: A quarrel flared up between them (noun ˈflare-up) Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.