flare verb (GET WORSE) - definition in British English Dictionary & Thesaurus

/fleər /

/fler/ v

Definition

[I] (also flare up) When something bad such as violence, pain or anger flares (up), it suddenly starts or gets much worse

Violence flared up again last night.

Tempers flared after a three-hour delay at Gatwick Airport yesterday.

(Definition of flare verb (GET WORSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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