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blazed away

blazed away is the simple past and past participle of blaze away.

Meaning of blaze away

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.

Questions about blazed away

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

Words near blazed away in the dictionary

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

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