blaze away (at someone or something)
- blaze away (at someone or something)
blaze away (at someone or something)
[for gunfire] to fire continually at someone or something. •
The guns blazed away at the oncoming ducks.
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The cowboy blazed away at his opponent in the gunfight.
Dictionary of American idioms.
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blaze — [[t]ble͟ɪz[/t]] blazes, blazing, blazed 1) VERB When a fire blazes, it burns strongly and brightly. Three people died as wreckage blazed, and rescuers fought to release trapped drivers... The log fire was blazing merrily. [V ing] ...a blazing… … English dictionary
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away — /əˈweɪ / (say uh way) adverb 1. from this or that place; off: to go away. 2. apart; at a distance: to stand away from the wall. 3. aside: turn your eyes away. 4. out of possession, notice, use, or existence: to give money away. 5. continuously;… …
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put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
go — go1 [ gou ] (past tense went [ went ] ; past participle gone [ gɔn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 move/travel ▸ 2 travel to activity ▸ 3 continue to place/time ▸ 4 happen ▸ 5 be kept somewhere/fit ▸ 6 change to/be in state ▸ 7 get worse/stop working ▸ 8 die ▸… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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