Definition of crash and burn
crash and burn
intransitive verb
- used when an attemp to attract the opposite sex with word or deed fails miserably -- the crash -- resulting in some sort of embarrassment -- the burn.
You definitely crashed and burned with her.
by Annie P., New York, NY, USA, Nov 25 2001.
noun
- A spectacular crash, in the mode of the conclusion of the car-chase scene in movies when the cars explode.
Slang terms with the same root words:
- crash: crash – crash out
- burn: burn – burn a mule – (show 12 more)
- and: Abel and Cain – all bark and no bite – (show 141 more)
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