burn down

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   to be destroyed, or to destroy sth, by fire

   Find my son, or I'll burn down this goddamn building!

In the movies · 20

• Find my son, or I'll burn down this goddamn building!Once Upon a Time in America1984
• They've been there for years. The farm's burnt down.American Movie1999
• What happened? School burnt down, did it?Beautiful Thing1996
• Russell's gonna burn down that orphanage.Deadpool 22018
• Burn it down! Burn it down!Do the Right Thing1989
• Sometimes I let matches burn down to my fingertips...Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
• Don't burn it down.The Beekeeper2024
• Well, can you not burn down the bar right now?Horns2013

Learn it in full scenes

• American Movie1999
  • Mark's Twelfth Hour Deadline
  • Mark Pitches Northwestern
  • Family Fights Over the Phone Bill
• Beautiful Thing1996
  • Sandra Catches the Boys Bunking Off
  • Neighbours Shout Over Leah's Music
  • Jamie and Steven Read in Bed
• Do the Right Thing1989
  • Love Daddy Wakes the Block
  • Morning Shift at Sal's Pizzeria
  • Da Mayor Sweeps and Gets Scolded

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 away
• burn off