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Definition of Blaze away

1. Verb. Perform (an acting passage) brilliantly and rapidly. "Mr. Jones blazed away in one passage after another to loud applause"

2. Verb. Shoot rapidly and repeatedly. "He blazed away at the men"

3. Verb. Speak with fire and passion. "He blazed away at his opponents in the Senate"

Definition of Blaze away

1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) to fire (firearms) repeatedly ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Blaze Away

blawgs blawing blawn blawort blaworts blaws blaxploitation blaxploitations blaxploitative blay

blays blazar blazars blaze blaze a trail blaze away (current term) blaze orange blaze oranges blaze out blaze up

blazed blazer blazered blazers blazes blazing star blazingly blazon blazon out

Literary usage of Blaze away

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1845)
"blaze away, boys ! ' cried I, - blaze away, and hurra for the Helen M'Gregor ! ' " And the fellows pitched whole cartloads of wood upon the fire, ..."

2. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"... he sang out, at the top of his voice, " Never mind the old horse ¡ blaze away ¡ " and, sure enough, they did blaze away, and it proved a good shot, ..."

3. The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion by Richard Miller Devens (1866)
"Finally, the Captain finding his efforts to move his steed fruitless, he sang out at the top of his voice, « Never mind the old horse, blaze away ! ..."

4. The Sportsman's Vocal Cabinet by Charles Armiger (1830)
"blaze away, &c. &c. Of half a score horses, some fast and ... blaze away, &c. &c. A white-maned courser, true mettle and fire, The knowing ones ..."

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