"blaze a trail" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-blaze a trail.ogg [Australia] Forms: blazes a trail [present, singular, third-person], blazing a trail [participle, present], blazed a trail [participle, past], blazed a trail [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} blaze a trail (third-person singular simple present blazes a trail, present participle blazing a trail, simple past and past participle blazed a trail)
  1. (idiomatic) To show the way or proceed rapidly. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-blaze_a_trail-en-verb-d9hANnyB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14
  2. (idiomatic) To set precedent or do something novel; to break new ground. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-blaze_a_trail-en-verb-KOZZXlq0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: trailblaze Related terms: blaze, blazer, blazing, trail, trailblaze, trailblazer, trailblazing

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