fire away

verb

fired away; firing away; fires away

intransitive verb

: to speak without hesitation
usually used as an imperative

Examples of fire away in a Sentence

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Then Sam throws the rest of his kindling onto his fire in a last-ditch attempt just as, as Jeffrey says, the wind blows Teeny’s fire away from her rope and blows Sam’s fire upward toward his rope. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024 How Colorado is attacking and scoring goals with the extra man looks a little different this year, and one offshoot of that is MacKinnon and Rantanen aren’t firing away as often from the flanks. Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024 The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks made the 2024 NBA Finals as very different teams linked by one strategic goal: fire away from downtown. Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 Perhaps most notably, both sides deploy decoy vehicles—either inoperative derelicts or inflatable fakes—to draw enemy fire away from real vehicles. David Axe, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire away 

Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire away was in 1756

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“Fire away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20away. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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