flame up
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editflame up (third-person singular simple present flames up, present participle flaming up, simple past and past participle flamed up)
- (intransitive) To flare; to become inflamed.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To suddenly become extremely angry.
- (transitive) To light up; to light a joint, blunt, pipe, etc.; to smoke crack cocaine.