blazes away
Keeps on shooting
Blazes away describes continuous, vigorous action, most often gunfire.
When someone blazes away with a weapon, they fire repeatedly without pause: The soldiers blazed away at the enemy position.
The phrase extends to any sustained, energetic effort: a pianist blazing away at the keys, or a writer blazing away at a manuscript.
The image evokes the bright flashes and relentless energy of sustained firing.
- opens fireInitiates armed attack
- work hardExpend serious effort
- keeps goingRemains in motion
- fireCombustion with flames
- striveMake sustained effort
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