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idiomrise like a phoenix from the ashesto be successful again after seeming to have failed completely:The phoenix has risen from the ashes, and Swinton's selling more paintings than ever.A party that has been outlawed may go underground, reorganize, and rise like a phoenix from the ashes.NoteIn a very old Greek story, the phoenix is a beautiful bird, the only one of its kind. It lives for a few years, makes a nest, and then sets fire to the nest. It burns itself to ashes (=soft grey powder that remains after something has been burned) and then lives again, rising from the ashes.
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