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flames out

vb. (en-third-person singularflame out)

Usage examples of "flames out".

He laughed as the woman tried to beat the flames out with her bare hands.

Were the ships that battled the flames out near the mouth of the harbor liveships or the ships and galleys the Satrap and his party had come on?

Fourth in line, we maneuvered through the courtyard gate while the draft from our fans lifted flames out of the palace windows.

Candles burned beside him on tall candlesticks of iron, and in the corner the cresset-stone sent up its thirteen small, straight flames out of the last inch of oil.

Overhead, sailors worked frantically to cut it free before the mast caught fire, while others on deck slapped flames out with wet sacking.