"fire into the sun" meaning in English

See fire into the sun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: fires into the sun [present, singular, third-person], firing into the sun [participle, present], fired into the sun [participle, past], fired into the sun [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fire into the sun (third-person singular simple present fires into the sun, present participle firing into the sun, simple past and past participle fired into the sun)
  1. (idiomatic) To get rid of or otherwise punish an unwanted person (especially due to poor performance). Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-fire_into_the_sun-en-verb-PJubcXoT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fire, into, the, sun.
    Sense id: en-fire_into_the_sun-en-verb-ZN8uAPWd

Inflected forms

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