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In article <01bd28f6$679c3c00$LocalHost@leviste>, "LEVISTE" <Robert.LEVISTE@wanadoo.fr> writes:
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|> - flamed out / right out :
|> "Our goal was not to oversaturate, not for her to be a star who flamed
|> out", says agent Leigh Steinberg, with whom Strug signed right out of
|> Atlanta.

    I think that "flame out" in its literal sense means "loss of
power in a jet engine".  (Anyone confirm or deny this?)  The
metaphorical sense is somewhat like an extreme of "burn out", or
"the flame was too intense to last".

    "Right out of" = "immediately upon leaving".

|> 
|> - boxing out :
|> The network decided to keep Olympic boxing out of prime time, even before
|> the US team's uninspired Atlanta showing.
 
    This is not "keep boxing out"+"of", but "boxing"+"keep ... out of".  

|> 
|> - seven-figure :
|> He got a seven-figure bonus to turn pro and made his debut on HBO.

    Number+"figure" means an amount represented in that many
digits.  In this case, the dollar amount is written with seven
numbers: "$1,000,000" up to "$9,999,999".

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|> 
|> Thanks very much for your help!!

    Hope this helps!

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