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blazes away

blazes away is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 blazes away

What is blazes away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Blazes away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blaze away.

Words near blazes away in the dictionary

  1. blazered
  2. blazerless
  3. blazers
  4. blazes
  5. blazes a trail
  6. blazes away
  7. blazes down
  8. blazes of glory
  9. blazes on
  10. blazes up
  11. blazest

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