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fires the starting gun

fires the starting gun is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fire the starting gun.

Meaning of fire the starting gun

Verb

fire the starting gun (third-person singular simple present fires the starting gun, present participle firing the starting gun, simple past and past participle fired the starting gun)

  1. (idiomatic, often) To launch or trigger an event or situation.
    • The TV and radio star Noel Edmonds, who is expected to join ITV’s I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here jungle camp this week, is also likely to fire the starting gun on a £60m lawsuit against Lloyds Bank.2018 November 19, Kalyeena Makortoff, “Noel Edmonds likely to file £60m Lloyds lawsuit on Wednesday”, in The Guardian

Questions about fires the starting gun

What is fires the starting gun the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fires the starting gun is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fire the starting gun.

Words near fires the starting gun in the dictionary

  1. fires in anger
  2. fires into the sun
  3. fires off
  4. fires on all cylinders
  5. fires out
  6. fires the starting gun
  7. fires up
  8. firesafe
  9. firesafeness
  10. firesafety
  11. firesale

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