barn-burning
adjective
barn-burn·ing
chiefly US, informal
: very energetic and impassioned
a barn-burning orator
barn-burning performances
: prolonged and exciting
… he thought the market would begin a barn-burning rally as the leading world economies showed signs of life.—Robert Hurtado, New York Times, 18 June 1993
Canada sneaked past the United States 69–62 in a barn-burning semi-final that went to double overtime …—Will Swanton, The Age (Melbourne, Australia), 16 Sept. 2008
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