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Phrase(s): blaze up
1. Lit. [for flames] to expand upward suddenly. • The fire blazed up and warmed all of us. • As the fire blazed up, we moved away from the fireplace. 2. Fig. [for trouble, especially violent trouble] to erupt suddenly. • The battle blazed up again, and the fighting started to become fierce. • As the battle blazed up, the cowards fled into the hills.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs