"fire blanks" meaning in English

See fire blanks in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: fires blanks [present, singular, third-person], firing blanks [participle, present], fired blanks [participle, past], fired blanks [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fire blanks (third-person singular simple present fires blanks, present participle firing blanks, simple past and past participle fired blanks)
  1. Alternative form of shoot blanks Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: shoot blanks
    Sense id: en-fire_blanks-en-verb-ErN-XLow Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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