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blazing away

blazing away is the present participle and gerund 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 blazing away

What is blazing away the present participle and gerund of?
Blazing away is the present participle and gerund of blaze away.

Words near blazing away in the dictionary

  1. Blazier
  2. Blaziers
  3. blazin'
  4. blazing
  5. blazing a trail
  6. blazing away
  7. blazing down
  8. blazing on
  9. blazing star
  10. blazing stars
  11. blazing up

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