"blaze away" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-blaze away.ogg Forms: blazes away [present, singular, third-person], blazing away [participle, present], blazed away [participle, past], blazed away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} blaze away (third-person singular simple present blazes away, present participle blazing away, simple past and past participle blazed away)
  1. (firearms, intransitive, idiomatic) To fire (firearms) repeatedly. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-blaze_away-en-verb-qj6a-M4h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "away", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "away": 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  2. (intransitive, slang, figurative) To endeavor; to work enthusiastically. Tags: figuratively, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-blaze_away-en-verb-iywfGdza

Inflected forms

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        "(firearms, intransitive, idiomatic) To fire (firearms) repeatedly."
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