blaze away

verb

To fire (firearms) repeatedly.

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Meanings

verbblaze away (third-person singular simple present blazes away, present participle blazing away, simple past and past participle blazed away)

present singular third person blazes away · participle present blazing away · participle past blazed away · past blazed away

  1. idiomaticintransitiveengineeringTo 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. figurativelyintransitiveslangTo endeavor; to work enthusiastically.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbshoot rapidly and repeatedly

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APA

blaze away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blaze%20away

MLA

“blaze away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blaze%20away. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blaze away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blaze%20away.

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