flare : Idioms & Phrases

• verb become flared and widen, usually at one end
  flare.
  
  • The bellbottom pants flare out

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• noun a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines
  flare.
  
  • he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss

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• noun an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing
  

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• noun a red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes
  

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• verb ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down
  
  • the fire flared up and died down once again
• verb erupt or intensify suddenly
  flare; break open; erupt; burst out; irrupt.
  
  • Unrest erupted in the country
  • Tempers flared at the meeting
  • The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism

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• noun a sudden intense happening
  outburst; burst.
  
  • an outburst of heavy rain
  • a burst of lightning

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Flare"-up` noun

Definitions

1. A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute. Colloq.

Webster 1913

• noun a sudden eruption of intense high-energy radiation from the sun's surface; associated with sunspots and radio interference
  flare.
  

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• to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. Colloq.

Webster 1913