[Idiom] what does "go out in a blaze" mean?

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Kefira

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What does it mean?
In what circumstances can you use it?
Could you give me some examples please?
Thanks!:)
 

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Thank you!
So does it mean that a person try to do something that he/she is uifcapable of and he/she think it's glorious,and it ends badly?
 

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To go out in a blaze of glory means you do something awesome and dramatic at the end of your life, career, political post, etc. as your last act; this is used positively

ex. a singer putting out a best-selling critically acclaimed album at the end of their career
 

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Yes. In fact, go out in a blaze is an incomplete phrase, I've never heard it, it's always he went out in a blaze of glory.
Probably has something to do with fighter pilots.
 
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