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Definition of go up in smoke
go up in smoke 
verb
- to fail.
His career went up in smoke after a steroids scandal.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Sep 01 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 01 2011.
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Other terms relating to 'to lose, be defeated, fail': | |
| Definitions include: a total failure. | |
| Definitions include: an instance of failure. | |
| Definitions include: to fail or err due to pressure. | |
| Definitions include: See school. | |
| Definitions include: to be severely defeated. | |
| Definitions include: a defeat. | |
| Definitions include: to perform terribly. | |
| Definitions include: See own. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: to stop working. | |
| Definitions include: in "professional wrestling," a wrestler who intentionally loses to improve the image of the winner. | |
| Definitions include: to do a poor job. | |
| Definitions include: to fail. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "Biggest Beating Ever," which can refer to "beating" as in a severe physical attack, or a severe defeat e.g. in a competitive sport. | |
| Definitions include: to fail | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'go': | |
| Definitions include: completely ready. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot". | |
| Definitions include: used to tell someone to stop messing with people. | |
| Definitions include: excited and ready to start. | |
| Definitions include: From the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "got to go". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "goes away from keyboard". | |
| Definitions include: "goes in to". | |
| Definitions include: the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: to get a person excited. | |
| Definitions include: to move one's legs. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself". | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "go fuck yourself." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good game." | |
| Definitions include: to say. | |
Other terms relating to 'in': | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: involving everyone or everything. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: no chance. | |
| Definitions include: something easy. | |
| Definitions include: at some time before the present. | |
| Definitions include: having resumed an activity that one had previously stopped performing. | |
| Definitions include: included. | |
| Definitions include: clitoris. | |
| Definitions include: to intrude. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: visible mucus in one's nostrils. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time." | |
| Definitions include: never. | |
Other terms relating to 'smoke': | |
| Definitions include: Nearest big city. | |
| Definitions include: to make unfounded or exaggerated remarks or claims. | |
| Definitions include: a person who performs fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: interjection of surprise or alarm. | |
| Definitions include: an exclamation of surprise. | |
| Definitions include: a person who can make a marijuana smoking device out of whatever objects happen to be nearby. | |
| Definitions include: a homosexual male. | |
| Definitions include: general retort; "How do you like that?" | |
| Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm. | |
| Definitions include: to smoke the contents of a bowl containing marijuana. | |
| Definitions include: something deceptive. | |
| Definitions include: to perform oral sex on a male. | |
| Definitions include: Someone who doesn't know what they're talking about. | |
| Definitions include: To smoke marijuana | |
| Definitions include: an insulting retort; "suck (one's) dick". | |
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Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
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