flame up
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
For a fire to suddenly get bigger and brighter.
"The bonfire flamed up when he threw more wood on it."
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Teaching Ironmouse How to Drive
ConnorDawg · 16:09
There's another flame up here.
Cooking Veggies On The Barbecue | Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver · 21:33
It would flame up and it would just be out of control
Colonial Tumult : New World’s General Crisis | American History Lecture
The Cynical Historian · 32:31
killing dozens before it could flame up to affect all of New Mexico.