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blaze a trail

blaze a trail verb: to show the way or proceed rapidly.

Verb

blaze a trail (third-person singular simple present blazes a trail, present participle blazing a trail, simple past and past participle blazed a trail)

  1. (idiomatic) To show the way or proceed rapidly.
  2. (idiomatic) To set precedent or do something novel; to break new ground.
    • We don't want to blaze a trail when we can imitate something that has already been done.

Synonyms of blaze a trail

Forms of blaze a trail

third-person singular presentblazes a trail
present participleblazing a trail
past participleblazed a trail
pastblazed a trail

Questions about blaze a trail

What does blaze a trail mean?
Blaze a trail means to show the way or proceed rapidly.
What part of speech is blaze a trail?
Blaze a trail is a verb.
What is the past tense of blaze a trail?
The past tense of blaze a trail is blazed a trail.

Words near blaze a trail in the dictionary

  1. blazar
  2. blazars
  3. Blazdell
  4. Blazdells
  5. blaze
  6. blaze a trail
  7. blaze away
  8. blaze down
  9. blaze of glory
  10. blaze on
  11. blaze orange

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