at every stage in a process.

The project's been plagued with financial problems all along the line.

Managerial mistakes were made all the way down the line.

• burn the midnight oil
• burn to a crisp
• burn up
• burn up something
• burn your boats
• burn your bridges
• burn your fingers
• burst a blood vessel
• burst bubble
• burst in
• bursting at the seams
• burst in on
• burst in on someone
• burst in on something
• burst into
• burst into something
• burst into tears
• burst onto the scene
• burst out
• burst out doing something
• burst out of
• burst out of somewhere
• burst someone's bubble
• burst the bubble
• bury head in the sand