The difference between BURN UP and BURN DOWN.
Burn Up and Burn Down mean to destroy someone or something or to be destroyed by fire or heat.
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- He burned down the house.
- She burned up her old suit.
BUT,
Burn Up can also mean:
to make brighter or stronger flames (about fire)
- The fire was really burning up!
to make someone angry
- James burned me up yesterday, so now I am not talking to him.