burn away

Meaning

1. to disappear as a result of burning; to make sth do this

   Half the candle had burnt away.

From the same entry

• burn your bridges
• burn the candle at both ends
• burn your fingers
• burn a hole in your pocket
• burn the midnight oil
• burn rubber
• burn to a cinder
• ears are burning
• feel your ears burning
• have money to burn
• burn down
• burn off