Usually means: Brief success, then quickly disappears.
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  1. to flash in the pan: Wordnik
  2. To flash in the pan: Dictionary.com
  3. TO FLASH IN THE PAN: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  4. to flash in the pan: FreeDictionary.org
  5. To flash in the pan: TheFreeDictionary.com

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