(transitive, intransitive) to burn / (reflexive) to burn oneself

to jump the gun, to cut corners, to go too fast, to get ahead of oneself

to give someone the slip, to slip away from [+ à (someone)]

(figuratively) to be on someone's lips, to be nagging [+ à (someone)] (of a question)

(figuratively) to burn one's boats (to cut oneself off from all chance of retreat in order to commit to a course of action)

(figuratively) to get burnt as a result of flying too close to the sun

to burn the candle at both ends (to do things in excess, to engage in too much work or too much pleasure (including spending money), or both)

third-person plural future of brûler

first-person singular future of brûler

second-person singular future of brûler