blaze down (on someone or something)

blaze down (on someone or something)
blaze down (on someone or something)
[for the sun or other hot light] to burn from above onto someone or something. •

The sun blazed down on the people on the beach.

The stage lights blazed down on the set while the actors rehearsed.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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