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blaze away

blaze away verb: to fire (firearms) repeatedly.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To fire (firearms) repeatedly.
    • Scott, somewhat stunned and now worried that everybody might have opened fire at the U.S. destroyers (he presumably missed Laffey and Farenholt merrily blazing away with their own guns into the darkness), ordered all firing to cease after a couple of minutes.2020 December 9, Drachinifel, 20:18 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Cape Esperance (IJN 1 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022
  2. (figuratively, intransitive, slang) To endeavor; to work enthusiastically.

Forms of blaze away

third-person singular presentblazes away
present participleblazing away
past participleblazed away
pastblazed away

Questions about blaze away

What does blaze away mean?
Blaze away means to fire (firearms) repeatedly.
What part of speech is blaze away?
Blaze away is a verb.
What is the past tense of blaze away?
The past tense of blaze away is blazed away.

Words near blaze away in the dictionary

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

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