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blazed a trail

blazed a trail is the simple past and past participle of blaze a trail.

Meaning of blaze a trail

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.

Questions about blazed a trail

What is blazed a trail the simple past and past participle of?
Blazed a trail is the simple past and past participle of blaze a trail.

Words near blazed a trail in the dictionary

  1. blaze orange
  2. blaze oranges
  3. blaze up
  4. blaze-up
  5. blazed
  6. blazed a trail
  7. blazed away
  8. blazed down
  9. blazed on
  10. blazed up
  11. Blazek

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