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Meaning of blaze away | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To fire (firearms) repeatedly.
    idiomatic, intransitive
  2. To endeavor; to work enthusiastically.
    figuratively, intransitive, slang

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

blaze down blaze on blaze up blazed blazed a trail blazed away

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